Plan to Develop Places along the Rivers

 Development, Promotion and implementation of tourism projects at identified tourism spots including at the locations through which major rivers pass is primarily undertaken by the State Governments/Union Territory Administrations. However, Ministry of Tourism provides Central Financial Assistance for tourism projects which are prioritized in consultation with the State Governments/Union Territories. The projects which are complete as per scheme guidelines are sanctioned subject to availability of funds and inter- se priority. .

            Implementation and completion of tourism projects is primarily the responsibility of the State Governments/UT Administration. Ministry of Tourism also monitors the implementation of projects through Regional Conferences, field inspection by the officers of the Ministry, periodical review meetings with the State/UT officers, etc.

Some indicative projects for the cities/locations through which Ganga and Yamuna pass, sanctioned during the 11th Five Year Plan are as follows:-

State	Name of the Project	Year of Sanction
Bihar	Development of Ganga Ghat at Patna	2009-10
Haryana & Himachal Pradesh	Development of Yamunanagar-Panchkula-Paonta Sahib in Haryana and Himachal Pradesh as a mega Tourism circuit	2010-11
Uttar Pradesh	Construction of Ghats at the right bank of river Ganga at Karnavas in Distt. Bulandshahar as a tourist circuit	2010-11
	Construction of Bathing Ghats on right bank of Ganga river at Avantika Devi Temple in Distt. Bulandshahar	2010-11
	Construction of Bathing Ghats on right bank of Ganga river at Holy River Ganga at Anupshahar in the Distt.Bulandshahar	2010-11
Uttarakhand	Development of Haridwar-Rishikesh-Munikireti-Swargashram as a Mega Circuit	2008-09 & 2011-12
	Development of Panchprayag (Vishnu, Nand, Karan, Kalimath, Kaleshwar, Gauchar) circuit, Uttarakhand	2011-12
	Development of Nirmal Gangotri Eco-Tourism Mega Circuit at Uttarakashi in Uttarakhand	2011-12
West Bengal	Ganga Heritage River circuit under Mega Project	2008-09

This information was given by the Minister of State for Tourism, Shri Sultan Ahmed  in a written reply to Shri Bhagat Singh Koshyari in Rajya Sabha today.