The Uttarakhand government will convert the Mussoorie house of George Everest, former surveyor general of India, named after the world’s highest peak into a cartography museum at a cost of Rs Rs 24 crore, said the state secretary of tourism. .
“It is proposed to build a cartographic museum on George Everest and a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) will soon be signed with Survey of India in this regard. As part of a 24 million rupee project, George Everest’s house is being renovated as a tourist spot where eco-friendly log cabins, mobile toilets, food vans, open air theater, driveway and a heritage trail for tourists, ”said Dilip Jawalkar, secretary of tourism in Uttarakhand, said on Saturday night.
After a site inspection on Saturday, Jawalkar shared the necessary guidelines with the Survey of India representatives regarding the construction of the Cartographer Museum at George Everest’s home.
He further said that once the project is completed, the local population will gain employment and this heritage site can become a popular destination for tourists.
The secretary also inspected the progress of the Dehradun-Mussoorie cable car project. After the removal of the illegal encroachments, land marking for the project began, authorities said.
Jawalkar said that all preparations for the Dehradun-Mussoorie cable car have been completed at the Department of Tourism level. A contractual agreement has been signed with a private company for this project and work will begin soon after the environmental authorization of the interested departments.
The Dehradun-Mussoorie cable car is an ambitious project of the tourism department, which will have a carrying capacity of 1,000 people in a one-way trip. Tourists will be able to cover the distance (about 30 km) between Rajpur Road and Mussoorie Taxi Stand in just 15 minutes.
“With the construction of this cable car, on the one hand, tourists will be able to enjoy the thrill of traveling by plane while contemplating the greenery of the mountains and, on the other hand, they will be able to avoid the problems of atmospheric pollution, carbon emissions and traffic jams in the Dehradun-Mussoorie route, ”said the secretary.
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