The potential of tourist industry is beyond bounds if properly programmed and implemented. At the moment, it is mismanaged only for resourcing revenue, without proper plan and development. The West Bengal Tourist Development Corporation and its extension the DGHC tourism has made an inherent mess in turning the respective depts. into employment service orientation, than projecting it as a progressive sustainable industry. Compared to tourism in the district to that of Bhutan (country) and Sikkim (state), the already existing infrastructure tourist industry developed by the colonial rulers have been degraded to shambles, turning the sub-divisional hill towns practically to shanty slums where the original residents have been adversely effected and deprived of their basic administrative and civic rights. The rampant expansion of vital space in towns have been accommodated with new environmental unfriendly structures and architecture arresting progressive development to total degradation of the towns into concrete jungles of city styled matchbox construction and design. Without proper backup of civic planning and sanitation all the major towns in the district require a complete overhaul to offset the damages by future financial consideration and inputs.
Posted on: Tue, 13 Aug 2013 10:54:26 +0000
Trending Topics
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015