The tourism stakeholders of the state called on Union Tourism Minister G. Kishan Reddy and brought to his notice the absence of basic amenities like clean toilets, washrooms and convenience centers at the World Heritage Site of Hampi in Vijayanagara district.
The delegation, which included Karnataka Tourism Forum state vice-president M. Ravi and Karnataka Tourist Transporters Association state president Radhakrishna Holla, met Sri Reddy in Hampi on Friday when he had come to inaugurate an international seminar on the temple. Architecture. He told her what difficulties tourists face in Hampi due to lack of toilet facilities.
“Hampi is one of the important UNESCO World Heritage Sites in India that attracts tourists from all over the world. The sad part is that the site lacks basic amenities like hi-tech public toilets. We have been bringing this to the notice of the concerned authorities for a long time but so far very little has happened. I also wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently. The Union Tourism Minister has assured that he will involve experts, individuals and start-ups in making eco-friendly toilets and entrust the task to them,” Mr Ravi told The Hindu.
Karnataka Tourism Minister B.S. Anand Singh, Transport Minister B. Sriramulu, Ballari MLA G. Somashekhara Reddy, State Tourism Department Secretary Pankaj Kumar Pandey and Archaeological Survey of India Director General V. Vidyavati were present.