PNS/ DEHRADUN
The State Tourism minister Satpal Maharaj said that the Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s upcoming Uttarakhand visit would immensely boost winter tourism as well as the Char Dham pilgrimage. PM will visit Harshil-Mukhba in Uttarkashi district- the winter worship place of Gangotri Dham- on the request of the chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on February 27. “We have been preparing for the PM’s visit. We are arranging programmes in such a way as would highlight the facilities and possibilities of the winter tourism in the State,” he said, adding that a public meeting would be held at Harshil to be addressed by the PM. He further said that an exhibition on the winter tourism destinations and local products would be held on the occasion. Besides, the Mukhba temple is being beautified, several roads there are being repaired and three new smart toilets are being built, Maharaj said.
