L&T Infrastructure Engineering, in connection with PwC, has been selected by the Central government’s tourism ministry as the Project Development and Management Consultant for the development of the tourism potential of Chandigarh. The Ministry of Tourism has introduced Swadesh Darshan 2.0, under which Chandigarh has been selected among 55+ cities as one of the tourist destinations to be developed in the country.

Dharam Pal, Adviser to the UT Administrator, chaired a meeting to review the plan and preparedness of the inception report submitted by the PDMC in this regard. Other departments also participated in the meeting and were asked to give their inputs and areas of concern.

A presentation was also given by the L&T and PwC teams on the core concepts. The inception report shall be followed by master plans for tourism and both hard and soft interventions. The PDMC team will be stationed in Chandigarh for groundwork.