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<pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2009 22:24:13 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[State plans aircooled locals]]></title>
<link>http://www.projectscommunity.com/story.php?title=state-plans-aircooled-locals</link>
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<pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2009 22:24:13 PDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>gilson21</dc:creator>
<category>Tourism</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Travelling by air-conditioned locals may be a distant dream, but the suburban commuter can look forward to air cooled rakes. According to a official, a proposal to this effect will be put before the Mumbai Rail Vikas Corporation (MRVC) on September 18.<br /><br />A team of state UD officials, led by Principal Secretary T C Benjamin and MRVC managing director P C Sehgal, visited the Integral Coach Factory<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Where to Stay in Bangkok]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2009 21:12:49 PDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>MyojoCat</dc:creator>
<category>Tourism</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Where to stay in Bangkok, Thailand? There are many accommodation options in Bangkok. If you are looking for a big, high quality and affordable hotel, you would do well to locate yourself in the business center ...<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Chippi Airport Aims to Attract Goa's Tourists]]></title>
<link>http://www.projectscommunity.com/story.php?title=chippi-airport-aims-to-attract-goas-tourists</link>
<comments>http://www.projectscommunity.com/story.php?title=chippi-airport-aims-to-attract-goas-tourists</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 22:08:03 PDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>gilson21</dc:creator>
<category>Tourism</category>
<guid>http://www.projectscommunity.com/story.php?title=chippi-airport-aims-to-attract-goas-tourists</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Much to the nightmares of Goa and fears raised by Goa's main opposition, Bharatiya Janata party, the document conceptualising a greenfield airport at Chippi in Maharashtra is eying for the tourism from Goa. "To exploit the proximity to Goa and capture sizeable touristic traffic coming to visit konkan and north Goa," the document on Maharashtra industrial development corporation's (MIDC) website m<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sports complex opened in Belgaum]]></title>
<link>http://www.projectscommunity.com/story.php?title=sports-complex-opened-in-belgaum</link>
<comments>http://www.projectscommunity.com/story.php?title=sports-complex-opened-in-belgaum</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 22:40:17 PDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>gilson21</dc:creator>
<category>Tourism</category>
<guid>http://www.projectscommunity.com/story.php?title=sports-complex-opened-in-belgaum</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Prof. H P Khincha, vice-chancellor of Visvesvaraya Technological University, inaugurated a synthetic tennis court complex and indoor<br />sports complex at Jnana Sangama here on Tuesday. The tennis court complex has four courts with facilities like coach rooms, change rooms, gallery for 500 persons, etc, while the indoor sports complex has two halls with badminton courts, eight table tennis halls, sn<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[A vast fun-park dream stalls in Dubai's downturn]]></title>
<link>http://www.projectscommunity.com/story.php?title=a-vast-fun-park-dream-stalls-in-dubais-downturn</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 03:46:48 PDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>megha</dc:creator>
<category>Tourism</category>
<guid>http://www.projectscommunity.com/story.php?title=a-vast-fun-park-dream-stalls-in-dubais-downturn</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Walk through the grand arched entrance of Universal Studios' Dubai theme park, and you step into ... wind-swept desert. No Hollywood thrill rides, no ticket kiosks, no studio backlots. Even the guard house and the construction office sat empty during a recent visit. The planned park is part of a vision by Dubai officials to turn a patch of sand on the edge of the Mideast city-state into Dubailand<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Rs 433-crore Byculla zoo makeover plan takes off]]></title>
<link>http://www.projectscommunity.com/story.php?title=rs-433-crore-byculla-zoo-makeover-plan-takes-off</link>
<comments>http://www.projectscommunity.com/story.php?title=rs-433-crore-byculla-zoo-makeover-plan-takes-off</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 02:03:40 PDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>gilson21</dc:creator>
<category>Tourism</category>
<guid>http://www.projectscommunity.com/story.php?title=rs-433-crore-byculla-zoo-makeover-plan-takes-off</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The Byculla Zoo revamp project saw a "political'' inauguration-by Shiv Sena executive president Uddhav Thackeray and BJP leader Gopinath Munde-on Wednesday. BMC commissioner Jairaj Phatak was also present.<br /><br />This Rs 433-crore project was conceptualised two years ago, but was facing flak from environmentalists, which delayed the initiation of the project. The Mumbai Heritage Conservation Committe<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[State clears blueprint for Shivaji monument]]></title>
<link>http://www.projectscommunity.com/story.php?title=state-clears-blueprint-for-shivaji-monument</link>
<comments>http://www.projectscommunity.com/story.php?title=state-clears-blueprint-for-shivaji-monument</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 03:09:52 PDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>megha</dc:creator>
<category>Tourism</category>
<guid>http://www.projectscommunity.com/story.php?title=state-clears-blueprint-for-shivaji-monument</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The state government on Tuesday approved the blueprint for the proposed statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji in the sea off Marine Drive, and even began the process of appointing a developer for its construction, although it has yet to secure clearance from the Union environmental ministry.<br /><br />The 321-foot-high monument 1.4 km off the coast would not only top New York's Statue of Liberty by a good 16 fe<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Unesco role in rail museum makeover ]]></title>
<link>http://www.projectscommunity.com/story.php?title=unesco-role-in-rail-museum-makeover-</link>
<comments>http://www.projectscommunity.com/story.php?title=unesco-role-in-rail-museum-makeover-</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2009 22:04:32 PDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>gilson21</dc:creator>
<category>Tourism</category>
<guid>http://www.projectscommunity.com/story.php?title=unesco-role-in-rail-museum-makeover-</guid>
<description><![CDATA[National Rail Museum, a popular haunt for railway enthusiasts and children, is set for a comprehensive facelift.<br /><br />Aficionados swear by the exquisite collection that the museum in Chanakyapuri houses in its sprawling 11-acre complex, but it is being felt that facilities at the museum are in need of facelift. Now, under a renovation plan to be undertaken in joint cooperation with Unesco the museu<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Games projects may miss deadlines]]></title>
<link>http://www.projectscommunity.com/story.php?title=games-projects-may-miss-deadlines</link>
<comments>http://www.projectscommunity.com/story.php?title=games-projects-may-miss-deadlines</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 22:19:36 PDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>gilson21</dc:creator>
<category>Tourism</category>
<guid>http://www.projectscommunity.com/story.php?title=games-projects-may-miss-deadlines</guid>
<description><![CDATA[In what could bring huge embarrassment to the country, key Commonwealth Games (CWG) projects -- including games venues, infrastructure for conducting the sports and major city upgrade plans -- are running so much behind schedule that there's a real threat of India's showpiece Games turning into a non-event.<br />The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG), which early this month submitted an evaluation<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Yamuna clean-up in a mighty row]]></title>
<link>http://www.projectscommunity.com/story.php?title=yamuna-clean-up-in-a-mighty-row</link>
<comments>http://www.projectscommunity.com/story.php?title=yamuna-clean-up-in-a-mighty-row</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 22:48:52 PDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>gilson21</dc:creator>
<category>Tourism</category>
<guid>http://www.projectscommunity.com/story.php?title=yamuna-clean-up-in-a-mighty-row</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Who is responsible for the filth in the Yamuna? Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit says no work is getting done because too many government agencies are meddling with the river; not to mention the Centre-sponsored delays. Minister for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh says sewage treatment plants are not functioning to their full capacity.<br /><br />And, Haryana's Forest Minister Kiran Chaudhary simply b<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Centre grants Rs 64.42 crore to boost Orissa tourism sector]]></title>
<link>http://www.projectscommunity.com/story.php?title=centre-grants-rs-64-42-crore-to-boost-orissa-tourism-sector</link>
<comments>http://www.projectscommunity.com/story.php?title=centre-grants-rs-64-42-crore-to-boost-orissa-tourism-sector</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 23:12:44 PDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>gilson21</dc:creator>
<category>Tourism</category>
<guid>http://www.projectscommunity.com/story.php?title=centre-grants-rs-64-42-crore-to-boost-orissa-tourism-sector</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The Centre has sanctioned Rs 64. 42 crore to the Orissa government during the first two years of the Eleventh Plan (2007-08 and 2008-09) for integrated development of tourism in the state including pilgrimage tourism.<br /><br />"The development and promotion of tourism is undertaken primarily by the state governments. The Union ministry of tourism extends its financial assistance to the states for touri<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Gammon not barred from Gurgaon Metro]]></title>
<link>http://www.projectscommunity.com/story.php?title=gammon-not-barred-from-gurgaon-metro</link>
<comments>http://www.projectscommunity.com/story.php?title=gammon-not-barred-from-gurgaon-metro</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 22:37:12 PDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>gilson21</dc:creator>
<category>Tourism</category>
<guid>http://www.projectscommunity.com/story.php?title=gammon-not-barred-from-gurgaon-metro</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Even after Gammon India has been held responsible for more than one mishap on Delhi's Metro Rail construction, the company has been allowed to bid for the proposed Gurgaon metro, a private-consortium funded project.<br /><br />But winning the bid will not be easy for the company. "We have allowed all the companies to bid for our project and so can Gammon," said Sanjiv Rai, managing director and chief exe<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Flu fear hits tourism hard in AP]]></title>
<link>http://www.projectscommunity.com/story.php?title=flu-fear-hits-tourism-hard-in-ap</link>
<comments>http://www.projectscommunity.com/story.php?title=flu-fear-hits-tourism-hard-in-ap</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2009 21:33:07 PDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>gilson21</dc:creator>
<category>Tourism</category>
<guid>http://www.projectscommunity.com/story.php?title=flu-fear-hits-tourism-hard-in-ap</guid>
<description><![CDATA[More than the flu, it's the ‘flu fear' that appears to have hit Andhra Pradesh tourism department hard. While AP has reported only 93 positive cases of H1N1 flu (as against Maharashtra's 500 (approx) so far), foreign tourists seem to be breaking out in cold sweat merely at the idea of touring the state.<br /><br />There numbers in 2009 are the lowest for the April-July period in the past four years: The <br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[A 'green' Delhi before Commonwealth Games]]></title>
<link>http://www.projectscommunity.com/story.php?title=a-green-delhi-before-commonwealth-games</link>
<comments>http://www.projectscommunity.com/story.php?title=a-green-delhi-before-commonwealth-games</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2009 21:23:35 PDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>gilson21</dc:creator>
<category>Tourism</category>
<guid>http://www.projectscommunity.com/story.php?title=a-green-delhi-before-commonwealth-games</guid>
<description><![CDATA[To paint the town green before the Commonwealth Games 2010, the civic authorities in the national capital were planning to develop 20 lakh potted plants to be placed around sports venues and taking steps to beautify various roads, roundabouts and under-bridges.<br /><br />The New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) has earmarked a sum of Rs 23.21 crore for raising of 10 lakh potted plants of different varieti<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[This is what you will see soon on an island off Marine Drive]]></title>
<link>http://www.projectscommunity.com/story.php?title=this-is-what-you-will-see-soon-on-an-island-off-marine-drive</link>
<comments>http://www.projectscommunity.com/story.php?title=this-is-what-you-will-see-soon-on-an-island-off-marine-drive</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 23:36:48 PDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>gilson21</dc:creator>
<category>Tourism</category>
<guid>http://www.projectscommunity.com/story.php?title=this-is-what-you-will-see-soon-on-an-island-off-marine-drive</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Apparently keen to finalise the ambitious project to install a giant Shivaji statue in the sea off Marine Drive in Mumbai before Assembly elections are announced, the Maharashtra government has zeroed-in on a design for the Rs 200-crore icon that will be four feet taller than the Statue of Liberty. <br /><br />According to the plan revealed to The Indian Express, the 159 ft statue of Shivaji on a horse w<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[After a year, Mahatma statue to be unveiled on Aug 15]]></title>
<link>http://www.projectscommunity.com/story.php?title=after-a-year-mahatma-statue-to-be-unveiled-on-aug-15</link>
<comments>http://www.projectscommunity.com/story.php?title=after-a-year-mahatma-statue-to-be-unveiled-on-aug-15</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2009 22:01:55 PDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>gilson21</dc:creator>
<category>Tourism</category>
<guid>http://www.projectscommunity.com/story.php?title=after-a-year-mahatma-statue-to-be-unveiled-on-aug-15</guid>
<description><![CDATA[This year's Independence Day will be special for Mysoreans as the statue of Mahatma Gandhi will be unveiled after a wait of over one<br />year.<br /><br />The life-size statue at the vintage Gandhi Square has been kept wrapped in sheets for months. Blame the delay in its inauguration on the apathy of the Mysore City Corporation officials. The statue was moved to the spot for unveiling ahead of Gandhi Jayanth<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Rs 800 cr to develop dam for tourism]]></title>
<link>http://www.projectscommunity.com/story.php?title=rs-800-cr-to-develop-dam-for-tourism</link>
<comments>http://www.projectscommunity.com/story.php?title=rs-800-cr-to-develop-dam-for-tourism</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2009 21:31:50 PDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>gilson21</dc:creator>
<category>Tourism</category>
<guid>http://www.projectscommunity.com/story.php?title=rs-800-cr-to-develop-dam-for-tourism</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A total of Rs 60 crore would be released for the development of the Tungabhadra dam and it would be developed based on the model of the KRS and Almatti dam in Mysore, which is luring tourists, said tourism and infrastructure development minister, G Janardhan Reddy.<br /><br />Speaking to reporters after offering `baagina' to the Tungabhadra dam on Friday, he said the surrounding areas of the Tungabhadra <br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[State to have land banks for tourism projects]]></title>
<link>http://www.projectscommunity.com/story.php?title=state-to-have-land-banks-for-tourism-projects</link>
<comments>http://www.projectscommunity.com/story.php?title=state-to-have-land-banks-for-tourism-projects</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2009 02:27:17 PDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>gilson21</dc:creator>
<category>Tourism</category>
<guid>http://www.projectscommunity.com/story.php?title=state-to-have-land-banks-for-tourism-projects</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The tourism sector in Orissa is set to get a big boost as the state government has decided to have dedicated land banks exclusively meant for development of tourism projects.<br /><br />Efforts to acquire land have already taken off in some of the destinations in the state with tremendous potential for tourism. The government aims to acquire 400-500 acres of land by October this year to create a robust l<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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