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Buddhist sites to be linked

JAIPUR: Rajasthan and Bihar are going link their Buddhist sites in order to form a wider tourism circuit.

The decision was taken here on Friday during a meeting between the Rajasthan Minister of State for Tourism, Art and Culture, Usha Punia, and Bihar’s Minister for Art and Culture, Renu Devi.

The Ministers discussed in detail the development works and the implementation of new policies on tourism, art and culture in their respective States during the interaction, which took place at the official residence of Ms. Punia here on Friday.

Ms. Punia informed her Bihar counterpart that Jaipur’s important monuments such as Amber Fort, Jantar Mantar and Albert Hall had been either restored or were in the process of restoration.

Ms. Renu Devi appreciated the restoration efforts and expressed inclination to adopt the same pattern on the historical sites in Bihar.

Ms. Punia would visit Bihar soon to observe the works undertaken by the Janata Dal-Bharatiya Janata Party Government in that State for promoting tourism.

Bihar, which has many more Buddhist sites compared to Rajasthan, is already attracting many foreign tourists to its Buddhist sites, which have been developed.

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