Vrindavan/Govardhan, 2016.11.11 (VT): A team from the World Bank visited Vrindavan’s Banke Bihari Temple area on Thursday. It came to study a Tourism Development Project proposed by UP Tourism. The World Bank is funding a beautification project in the surrounding areas of the Banke Bihari Temple. This project aims to provide basic facilities to the devotees apart from giving the area a traditional look.
Mr. David, the Asia head of the World Bank, informed the media that the 21 lanes around the Banke Bihari Temple will be repaired and upgraded. They will be paves with special heritage-style tiles.
Lamp posts will be erected for the convenience of pilgrims visiting at night. Drinking water facilities will also be installed. Special pathways will be developed connecting the Banke Bihari Mandir with the other temples of Vrindavan. The department will put up information and signs on the pathway. The work will begin soon.
Altogether, the developmental project will cover a 14-kilometer area. The lanes from Vidyapeeth Chouraha to Nidhivan, Harinikunj Chauraha to Seva Kunj via Dusayat Mohalla, Kalidah to Banke Bihari Mandir, Ratan Chhatri to Banke Bihari Mandir and Parikrama Marg will be beautified. Any obstacles in the form of encroachments coming in the way of the beautification project will be removed.
Later the team visited Govinda Kund in Govardhan. They studied the restoration plan of the kund (sacred lake) and discussed how the polluted water of the Kund will be emptied. The burjis (stone canopies) of the kund will also be renovated.
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