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Hans India
08-08-2025
- Business
- Hans India
Vision-driven strategy needed for tourism, says Jayesh Ranjan
Hyderabad: The Tourism and Culture Special Chief Secretary Jayesh Ranjan on Thursday emphasised the need for a vision-driven, time-bound strategy with clear timelines to ensure that all ideas are translated into tangible outcomes. Jayesh Ranjan also assured that each initiative would be supported by defined timelines and execution frameworks, reinforcing the government's commitment to tangible progress. The Special Chief Secretary was speaking at two different stakeholder meetings organised by the Telangana Government to further strengthen and promote the MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, and Exhibitions) and Film Tourism sectors in the state. Jayesh Ranjan said that inputs and suggestions from stakeholders were noted and the final action plan with deliverables would be announced by the end of August or on World Tourism Day (September 27, 2025). A stakeholder meeting on MICE sectors was conducted with a focus on further transforming Telangana into a premier MICE Tourism Hub through strategic action plans. The event brought together around 40 key stakeholders and industry leaders from across the event venues, travel, hospitality, airport, and event management sectors to discuss a comprehensive roadmap for boosting the state's MICE tourism profile. Along with industry stakeholders, the meeting was also attended by Regional Passport Officer Snehaja and Tourism Development Corporation MD Valluru Kranthi, who discussed actionable points. Jayesh Ranjan also conducted a stakeholder meeting on Film Tourism at the National Institute of Tourism and Hospitality Management (NITHM) in Gachibowli, along with the Chairman of the Telangana Film Development Corporation, Dil Raju. The meeting was attended by around twenty delegates from the Telugu Film Chambers of Commerce, film studios, the Cinematographers Association, and government departments like Forest, Endowments, and Heritage Telangana. They discussed strategies to make Telangana the most friendly and affordable destination for film shooting not only for India but from across the world. Based on the discussion, an action plan would be prepared, including the development of a 'Film in Telangana' Portal as a 'one-stop shop' for all cinema shooting requirements under a single-window system.
Hans India
26-06-2025
- Hans India
Govt set to give facelift to Somashila tourism with central funds of `68 cr
Hyderabad: The Telangana government is set to develop the 'Somashila Wellness Spiritual Retreat' in Nallamala forests with the help of central funding of over Rs 68 crore. Tourism Minister Jupally Krishna Rao along with Secretary Jayesh Ranjan, Tourism Development Corporation MD Valluru Kranthi visited Somashila, Amaragiri Island and other tourist destinations on Wednesday. The Minister said that there were ample opportunities in Telangana for the development of tourism and that the government was moving forward to improve employment opportunities through the sector by making special plans for the development of tourism. As part of the development, Krishna Rao visited Somashila, Amaragiri, Kalvakurthi Lift Irrigation, Narlapur Reservoir, Madhavaswamy Temple in Kolhapur and Jetaprolu Madanagopala Swamy Temple. The Minister said that the opportunities for tourism development were examined at the field level. Somashila Wellness, Spiritual Retreat Nallamala Project was taken up under the Special Assistance to States/Union Territories for Capital Investment (SASCI) fund and the Centre had sanctioned Rs 68.10 crore. Top tourism officials directed the officials of the Somashila, Amaragiri Island and Eagalapenta to take special measures to develop the project. The minister held a review of the proposals and operation of the Somashila Wellness and Spiritual Retreat Nallamala Project at the Kolhapur camp office. He said that many countries in the world have developed only through tourism and that the state departments should be coordinated to make the state a tourism hub. Officials were directed to call tenders soon. It was suggested to meet quality standards in work. The minister said that important tourist destinations would be developed on par with international standards. 'We are working to attract domestic and foreign tourists,' he said. He also said that Rs 68.10 crore was sanctioned under the SASCI scheme for Somashila Wellness and Spiritual Retreat Nallamala project. He explained that with these funds, the government would take special measures for the development of Somashila, Amaragiri Island, Malleswaram and Eagalapenta which have ample environmental resources, water resources, temples, water sports and adventure games. The Minister said that there will be three clusters; under Cluster 1- Egalapenta Arrival Zone, Egalapenta Vihara Yatra, Eagalapenta River Cruise, Chengu Tribal Experience; under Cluster 2- Somashila, there will be a wellness and spiritual retreat. In the Somashila, boating jetty, cottages, swimming pool, caftaria, spa, wellness centre, indoor outdoor games and other amenities on the islands of Amaragiri will be taken up.
The Hindu
12-06-2025
- Politics
- The Hindu
Congress warns KTR against making ‘derogatory' comments on CM
HYDERABAD Congress warned BRS working president K.T. Rama Rao against making 'derogatory' comments on Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy, and accused him of stooping to 'low-level language' and trying to incite political unrest. At separate press conferences at Gandhi Bhavan on Thursday, MLC Venkat Balmoor, Tourism Development Corporation Chairman Patel Ramesh Reddy, Road Development Corporation Chairman Malreddy Ramreddy and TPCC general secretary Chanagani Dayakar termed KTR's 'outburst' as 'rattled by the Kaleshwaram fiasco being exposed'. Mr. Balmoor said that the unwarranted remarks were aimed at instigating party workers to create tensions so that the situation could spiral into street-level clashes. Congress workers will not tolerate such 'nonsense' from KTR, he warned. Mr. Patel Ramesh Reddy said those speaking ill about the Chief Minister will not be spared, questioning the tone and tenor of KTR's words. 'His utterances only reflect the frustration set in the BRS leadership as they are bound to face punishment for their corruption and inefficiency in executing the Kaleshawaram project.' Mr. Dayakar said that the entire KCR family was shaken by the probe into Kaleshwaram project and KTR speaking in abusive language against the CM was not acceptable. Echoing similar sentiments, Mr. Ramreddy accused the previous BRS regime of turning Telangana into a 'debt trap' and said that the Congress government under Mr. Revanth Reddy was committed to reversing that legacy through comprehensive welfare and development initiatives. 'People of Telangana will give BRS a fitting reply in the local body,' he asserted. Later, Mr. Venkat Balmoor complained to the Cyber Cell against KTR and also MLA Kaushik Reddy for using their social media platforms to post objectionable and baseless remarks against the CM. He said that the defamatory comments posed a serious threat to law and order in the State. He specifically condemned Mr. Kaushik Reddy's remarks and said, 'It is unacceptable for a public representative to stoop to such levels and misuse digital platforms.'
