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Udupi territory in-charge Minister Lakshmi Hebbalkar, connected Monday, said that the tourism imaginable of the State’s 116 islands has yet to beryllium afloat tapped. She was addressing a gathering aft hoisting the nationalist emblem during the 77th Republic Day solemnisation astatine St. Mary’s Island for the archetypal time.
The curate said that the authorities has taken an inaugural to beforehand coastal tourism, which includes promoting land tourism and that it held a coastal tourism conclave successful Mangaluru successful this respect recently.
Ms. Hebbalkar, Minister for Women and Child Development, Disabled and Senior Citizens’ Empowerment, said that the imaginable of the 116 islands has been ignored, and that we person failed to usage them for promoting tourism. When coastal tourism gets a boost, it would unfastened up caller avenues of growth, she said.
Later, speaking astatine the territory level Republic Day solemnisation successful Udupi, Ms. Hebbalkar said that the Karnataka Tourism Policy – 2024-29 has identified Kaup Beach, Padubidri End Point, Kaup Light House, Kaup Blue Flag Beach, Kaup Marigudi Temple, Uchila Mahalakshmi Temple, Kunjarugiri Durgadevi Temple, and Mattu Rock Island to beforehand arsenic tourism destinations.
Udupi territory has a 98 km agelong shoreline which tin beryllium utilized to beforehand tourism related activities.
She besides added that truthful acold the authorities has provided astir 10,000 houses to stateless fishermen nether the Matsya Ashraya Scheme, and that 4 ‘Arogya Sethu’ mobile wellness units (MHUs), aimed astatine delivering superior healthcare services to radical surviving successful inaccessible, forest, and hilly regions, person been launched successful the territory and volition assistance astir 9,218 Koraga tribal people.
