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Uttarakhand to provide more facilities for pilgrims visiting Kedarnath.

Dec 17,2019
The New Indian Express

Uttarakhand government has chalked out a plan to provide more facilities to pilgrims visiting Kedarnath shrine. The work will start next year and estimates of Rs 150 Crore have been planned out from corporate social responsibility funds said Dilip Jawalker, secretary tourism, Uttarakhand. Facilities will include tourist lounge, facilitation center, a small hospital and waiting lounges, changing rooms along with well-equipped toilets. The shrine town will also have a public address system which will be used inform the pilgrims about the history and importance of all important areas in Kedarpuri and regulate the crowd in the temple. The road from Bhim Bali to Kedarnath would be reconstructed which will have facilities for the pilgrims travelling to the temple. Work has been on in the holy town to transform it with facilities squaring to smart city. The reconstruction is said to directly monitored by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Reconstruction of the holy town is said to be his 'Dream Project' which is said to have 'state-of-the-art' facilities.