ANANTAPUR: Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy has stated Gandikota, the ‘South Grand Canyon’, will quickly be a part of the worldwide tourism circuit.

The Oberoi Hotels group organised the ground-breaking ceremony for its lodges and resorts amenities in Gandikota on Sunday, within the presence of the Chief Minister. This was a comply with as much as the MoU it signed with the state authorities on the Global Investors Summit at Visakhapatnam in March 2022 to ascertain the 7-star amenities at Vizag and Tirupati as additionally on the Gandikota tourism spot.

Jagan Mohan Reddy unveiled the plaque and laid the muse stone for the development of the Oberoi Hotels in Gandikota, Visakhapatnam and Tirupati, by digital mode, on Sunday from the Gandikota web site in Kadapa district.

Senior officers and Vikram Oberoi, MD of Oberoi Group, exchanged the signed MoU within the presence of the Chief Minister.

Participating within the Bhoomi Puja, the Chief Minister reviewed the plans of the star lodges and resorts which might be to be constructed nearer to the unique canyon on the banks of the Pennar river. He stated this might assist Gandikota, discover a place on the world tourism map.

With the 7-star resort facility developing, YSR Kadapa district will turn out to be globally standard within the tourism sector, Jagan Mohan Reddy stated and requested Vikram Oberoi to discover the opportunity of establishing a golf course too in Gandikota.   

“This would provide direct and indirect employment to 500 to 800 persons besides boosting development in and around Gandikota,” the Chief Minister stated, including that the Oberoi amenities will entice extra initiatives to the area.

Vikram Oberoi expressed his hope that the resort and resort facility would function an engine of financial progress and generate employment for the youth. “As pioneers in developing the finest hotels across the world, we would strive to contribute to the growth of this area. Our project will be completed by 2025 in Gandikota, Vizag and Tirupati areas,” he stated.

Tourism minister R.Okay. Roja praised the Chief Minister’s efforts to develop tourism in AP and lift it to worldwide requirements.

Tirupati collector Okay. Venkata Ramana Reddy and Visakhapatnam collector Dr A. Mallikarjuna Rao interacted with the Chief Minister nearly and defined in regards to the land and different amenities offered to the Oberoi Group for the development of the lodges.

Kadapa collector V.R. Raju, tourism particular chief secretary Rajat Bhargava, MP Y.S. Avinash Reddy, deputy Chief Minister Amzath Bhasha, tourism minister A. Suresh, Chief Secretary Jawahar Reddy, MLAs, MLCs and folks’s representatives participated within the occasion.

Later, Jagan Mohan Reddy inaugurated the velocity boat service in Gandikota canyon.