Digha to be made one of the best tourist destinations: Mamata

Popular sea resort of Digha in West Bengal would soon be made as "one of the best" tourist destinations in the country, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said today.
"We will make Digha one of the best tourist destinations in India," Banerjee said launching the Digha-Kolkata helicopter service here.
"As Railway Minister, I had started Kolkata-Digha Duranta Express. It helped in boosting tourism," she said.
"The higher the footfall at Digha, the better for local people. It will help the economy. Digha has transformed in the last few years," she said.
Speaking at Digha Helipad Ground, Banerjee said, "Like Mumbai's Marine Drive, we are planning to develop a 'walkway' along the beach here in Digha."

On the government plan to develop Digha, Banerjee had earlier said that the beach town Digha and its surrounding areas would soon become beautiful tourist attractions with the agencies working to give it a shape, as part of the coastal area development plan.

The Chief Minister returned to Kolkata in the Digha-Kolkata helicopter, immediately after launching the service.
A ropeway will also launched at Amarbati Park in Digha for tourists.
The ropeway will run along the lake in Amarabati Park. The length of the ropeway has been estimated to be of 150 to 200 meters and tourists would also be able to get a better view of Digha from the ropeway.

The government is in touch with the coastal zone authorities to work out modalities of a bigger ropeway project, which would ply over the beach between Old and New Digha.
The state government has been working to develop the coastal areas of Digha, Shankarpur, Tajpur and Mandarmani as attractive tourist destinations.
The Chief Minister had yesterday directed the district administration and the civic bodies to ensure that roads were maintained, beaches kept clean, beautification schemes undertaken and solid waste management programme kept in place.
The Digha-Shankarpur Development Authority (DSDA) has already taken up overall civic infrastructure development of the entire area.