Raipur, 26 July 2021. Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel said that Chhattisgarh is a state full of natural beauty, covered with forests, mountains and rivers. There are 44% forests, perennial rivers, dams, beautiful waterfalls, historical and mythological heritage. It needs to be saved and put on the world map. Lord Shri Ram has spent most of his time in exile in Chhattisgarh. The temple of Mata Kaushalya at Chandkhuri, the pond and the entire complex are being beautified. Shivrinarayan is being developed from the point of view of tourism. The Chief Minister said that there are ruins of ancient Buddhist Viharas, Buddhist sculptures and buildings in ten square kilometers in Sirpur of Chhattisgarh. It needs to be developed from the point of view of tourism.
Chief Minister Shri Bhupesh Baghel was addressing the appointment program of the newly appointed Chairman of Chhattisgarh Tourism Board Shri Atal Shrivastava, Vice President Smt. Chitrarekha Sahu and members Shri Naresh Thakur and Shri Nikhil Dwivedi from the meeting room of the office of the Vidhan Sabha today. Congratulating and congratulating the newly appointed office bearers of the tourism board, the Chief Minister further said that people want to know and understand about the lifestyle of the special backward tribes Pando, Baiga, Kamar, Abujmadia living in different areas of Chhattisgarh. For this we need to develop facilities for tourists in these areas. He created the famous Chitrakoot Water Falls, an ancient theater of five thousand years ago located in the hills of Ramgarh in Surguja district, Referring to the Kutumsar cave, he said that Chhattisgarh is a very prosperous state from the point of view of tourism. It is the responsibility of the Chhattisgarh Tourism Board to save and beautify the tourist places of the state as well as to develop facilities at these places for the tourists. With the development of tourism, employment will also increase in the state. He said that we need to work in a planned manner.
On this occasion, the newly appointed President of Chhattisgarh Tourism Board Shri Atal Shrivastava said that Chief Minister Shri Bhupesh Baghel has promoted folk art and culture in the state. The state of Chhattisgarh is a unique gift of nature. He appreciated the efforts of Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel to bring tribal art and culture on the world stage and to develop Bhagwan Shri Ram Van Gaman Path as a tourist destination and said that Chhattisgarh Tourism Board would work on the principle of ‘Atithi Devo Bhava’. . The comfort and safety of the tourists will be our responsibility. Managing Director Shri Yashwant Kumar informed about the efforts being made to promote different types of tourism in Chhattisgarh.
In the program, Revenue Minister and Minister in-charge of Bilaspur district Mr. Jai Singh Agarwal, Parliamentary Secretary Mrs. Rashmi Ashish Singh, MLA Mr. Dharamjit Singh, Chairman of Chhattisgarh Mineral Development Corporation Mr. Girish Devangan, Chairman of Chhattisgarh Apex Bank Mr. Baijnath Chandrakar, Chhattisgarh Food and Civil Supplies Chairman of the Corporation Shri Ram Gopal Agrawal, Chairman of Chhattisgarh Textbook Corporation Shri Shailesh Nitin Trivedi, Chairman of Chhattisgarh State Farmers Welfare Board Shri Surendra Sharma, Mayor Bilaspur Shri Ramsharan Yadav, Chairman of Chhattisgarh State Minorities Board Shri Mahendra Chhabra, former MLA Shri Siyaram Kaushik, Sarv Shri Rajiv Yadav, Arun Singh Chouhan, Arjun Tiwari and other public representatives were present.
