LUCKNOW: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will inaugurate the Kailash Mansarovar Bhawan in Indirapuram in Ghaziabad on Saturday.
The CM had laid the foundation stone for this building in August last year. The building has come up at a cost of Rs 70 crore in an area of over 9,000 square metres. It has 100 rooms and can accommodate 300 pilgrims.
“The government is making arrangements for devotees to ensure that they face no inconvenience when they go on pilgrimage. As part of a larger plan, it is setting up accommodation for pilgrims where they will be able to halt, get food and other facilities,” said an official.
The pilgrims at the Kailash Mansarovar Bhawan, said the official, will be provided all facilities during their stay there from April to October, when the Yatra is undertaken. During the rest of the year, the building will be used to house pilgrims of the Char Dham Yatra, Baba Barfani Amarnath Yatra and other pilgrimages. Last month, Yogi had travelled to Uttarakhand and laid the foundation stone of a tourist guest house in Joshimath in Chamauli district. This guest house is being constructed by the UP tourism department and will be catering to pilgrims and foreign tourists who visit Badrinath. The 40-room guest house will be a green building for which a budget of Rs 11 crore has been allocated.
In addition, a Bhagirath guest house is being constructed in Haridwar by the UP government. This, said a government spokesperson, is expected to be completed before the Haridwar Kumbh scheduled for early next year.