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Palghar District Collector Dr. Indu Rani Jakhar has urged authorities departments to enactment unneurotic successful transforming tribal-dominated Jawhar and Mokhada talukas into Maharashtra’s starring sustainable tourism hubs, combining ecological conservation with agrarian livelihood opportunities.
After a tract sojourn connected Friday (June 12, 2026) with elder officials from the forest, PWD, and tribal improvement departments, she reviewed a bid of cardinal infrastructure and nationalist work projects aimed astatine transforming section livelihoods, arsenic per a merchandise issued by the territory medication connected Saturday (June 13, 2026).
Ms. Jakhar unveiled a broad improvement imaginativeness for these tribal talukas, focusing connected infrastructure, h2o conservation, and community-driven tourism.
"Tourism indispensable widen beyond attractions to make a implicit visitant acquisition portion acting arsenic a catalyst for section employment," the merchandise quoted the collector arsenic saying.
As portion of the tourism push, the collector reviewed a ₹1.2 crore two-way zipline task astatine Kasatwadi, slated to unfastened wrong a month, and a projected ₹2 crore skywalk solid span astatine Dabhosa waterfall connected a Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) model.
To measure connectivity gaps, she trekked astir 4 kilometres done hard terrain to scope Khairmal village, subsequently directing the PWD to hole a span connection for the Gatepada-Ayare route.
In Mokhada, the collector inaugurated a recently established Maha e-Seva Centre to streamline nationalist work transportation for agrarian residents.
On h2o security, she instructed agencies to prioritise desilting and repairing existing gabion and cheque dams to boost h2o retention up of the monsoon.
The medication plans to beforehand colony homestay clusters nether the Dharati Aaba Janjatiya inaugural and standard up community-led models similar the Jawhar Camping task astatine Dhaparpada, the merchandise said.
