Tonga ride experience in Mysuru among tourism projects approved by Union Minister

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Tourists circuit  Mysuru connected  four-wheeled tongas, besides  called Sarots, during the Dasara celebrations successful  2024.

Tourists circuit Mysuru connected four-wheeled tongas, besides called Sarots, during the Dasara celebrations successful 2024. | Photo Credit: SRIRAM MA

Mysuru MP Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar has announced that 2 large tourism improvement projects successful the metropolis person received last support nether the Union Tourism Ministry’s Swadesh Darshan 2.0 scheme.

The MP shared the update aft gathering Union Tourism Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat in New Delhi connected December 9. The approved projects — to beryllium implemented by Karnataka Tourism Infrastructure Limited (KTIL) — include Ecological Experience Zone at a outgo of ₹18.47 crore and Tonga Ride Heritage Experience Zone at a outgo of ₹2.71 crore.

Mr. Wadiyar expressed happiness implicit the approvals and said these initiatives would importantly boost the tourism imaginable of Mysuru. He added that instructions had been issued to the Deputy Commissioner to finalise a day for the groundbreaking ceremony.

The Union Minister has assured afloat practice for the projects, the MP said, adding that efforts volition proceed to unafraid clearances for different pending tourism proposals related to Mysuru.

Swadesh Darshan 2.0 aims astatine promoting sustainable and liable tourism, and Mysuru and Hampi are among the 57 destinations listed nether the scheme, according to PIB.

The task aims to alteration the ecological scenery around Mysuru Zoo, Karanji Lake, and the Regional Museum of Natural History (RMNH) by interlinking them.

Tonga Ride acquisition successful Mysuru

The Tonga Ride Experience portion aims to revive Mysuru’s tonga culture. Mysuru erstwhile had hundreds of tongas, but lone around 50 tongas and 20 sarots remain contiguous owed to deficiency of patronage. The famous Shah Pasand tongas gets value lone during Dasara, erstwhile tourists instrumentality practice rides to relive Mysuru’s taste past.

Published - December 10, 2025 10:39 americium IST

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