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Agartala, Jun 08, 2023, TRIPURATIMES Desk
Agartala, June 08: The cabinet of the BJP led coalition government in Tripura has decided to build a weekend tourist hub soon centring the Ujjayanta Palace, which has recently grown up as a major attraction for the tourists in the capital town of Agartala.
Briefing the cabinet decision on Thursday, the state tourism minister Sushanta Chowdhury said that the front side of the Ujjayanta Palace will be developed as a weekend tourist hub as part of expansion of tourism industry centring the historical palace. The weekend tourist hub will have dhabas, food stalls, selfie points and boating for the tourists on the Rajbari lake, he told reporters.
He said that the road from Lakshminarayan Bari to Rabindra Bhavan Chowmuhani and from the park in front of Ujjayanta Palace to the Jackson Gate will be declared as no-entry zone on every Saturday and Sunday from 4 pm to 9 pm to ease the tourists.
A permanent stage will be built up infront of the Palace, where the visiting tourists can enjoy the taste of various cultural programme on Saturday and Sunday of every week, he said, adding that the initiative of building the weekend tourist hub will generate employment opportunities for the youths and the artists of the state.
On the other hand, the minister on Thursday informed that the government has decided to make recruitment for various posts under the Directorate of Land Records and Settlement of the state revenue department. He said at least 146 persons including Assistant Surveyor Officers, Kanungo, Amin and land surveyor. The recruitment will be done through the TPSC while the posts of Amin and Surveyor will be recruited through the Department, he added.
He however informed that the second session of the 13th Tripura legislative Assembly session will commence from July 7 next.
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