Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Limited has swung back into action with several tours in the coming months. The Corporation, known for its train tours had halted all train tour operations owing to the COVID-19 pandemic has carefully revamped its SOPs and is ready with tours for train travel enthusiasts. Train has been specially designed for tourists The first in this series is the 4 nights/5 Days Padharo Rajasthan Tour which will start from Delhi on 18th November 2020 and cover Jodhpur and Jaisalmer. The Deluxe Tourist Train which was launched by IRCTC in 2018 has a host of envious features including two fine dining restaurants, a modern kitchen, shower cubicles in coaches, sensor-based washroom functions, foot massager. The fully air-conditioned train provides two t...
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The Rajasthan Cabinet on Wednesday approved a new tourism policy besides deciding to keep a portion of legislators' salary for contribution to the Chief Minister's COVID care fund. The new tourism policy proposes to constitute a state tourism advisory committee under the chairmanship of the chief minister, a government statement said. It also proposed the formation of a state-level executive committee under the chairmanship of the chief secretary for the time-bound implementation of the policy, monitoring and review. The current District Tourism Development Committee headed by the district collector has been given more executive powers. The panel will be responsible for all work related to tourism development in a district. The policy proposed to strengthen the tourist ass...
Read MoreAll religious places in Rajasthan will reopen for public from September 7, months after they were closed due to the coronavirus-induced lockdown, an official statement said on Wednesday. The decision was taken during a review meeting on the coronavirus situation in the state chaired by Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot. Srinath Mandir at Udaipur Social distancing norms will have to be followed and all religious places will be sanitised from time to time, the statement said. District collectors and superintendents of police will carry out inspections and ensure all safety measures are taken, it said. Gehlot instructed officials to ensure that health protocols are followed properly and there is no crowding at these places, according to the statement. The chief minister also directed offi...
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