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Mumbai: BMC dams Shiv Sena (UBT) tourism project
Updated On: 19 September, 2023 08:25 AM IST | Mumbai | Sameer Surve
A proposal to develop tourism around dams had even been announced in the BMC budget of 2021-22, but has not taken off; civic official says study needed
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One of the dams in the project was Tansa. File pic
A proposal to develop dams tourism and use the area around them for walks, etc. put up by the earlier Maha Vikas Aghadi government, has been put on hold by the BMC. The Shiv Sena (UBT) project was even announced in the 2021-22 municipal budget by the then civic chief, but during the COVID-19 pandemic, it did not take off.
In the budget speech for the year 2020-21, then Civic Chief Praveen Pardeshi had declared plans for tourism development around the dams that supply water to Mumbai, including Modak Sagar, Tansa and Middle Vaitarna. The concept was to develop a tourism model with Public Private Partnerships. Hospitality partners were to be invited to upgrade, maintain, and manage the BMC guest houses under PPP in compliance with certain requisite conditions. Various activities had been listed under the project like cycling tours, nature trails, bird watching, star gazing, non-motorized water sports and camping as per details of the civic budget speech of 2020-21.
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