In its quest to provide hassle-free travelling facilities to the tourists visiting Indian religious places, government plans to invest Rs 20,000-cr on upgrading and building the national highway network around Char Dham and Buddhist circuits. Out of the total investment, Rs. 11,700-cr alone would be spent on the construction of all-weather roads connecting Char Dhams that included four holy shrines of Hindus – Kedarnath, Badrinath, Gangotri and Yamunotri in Uttarakhand and also those in the neighboring Nepal, said an official release. The investment for constructing the 889-km long Char Dham route includes civil construction, land acquisition and forest clearance. Another important religious circuit for the domestic as well as international tourist is the Buddhist circuit covering Vaishali, Patna, Bodh Gaya, Rajgir, Nalanda, Kahalgaon, and Vikramshila in Bihar, the sources said.
