West Bengal government has taken up a plan to develop tourism circuits covering places of historical interest on priority basis, Tourism Minister Gautam Deb said.
Deb told the assembly during question hour session that the state government has plans to develop a tourism circuit covering places in Bankura district like Bishnupur, famous for terracotta temples belonging to 17th and 18th centuries and Mukutmanipur, where the second biggest earth dam of the country is located.
Deb said another circuit covering Plassey in Nadia, where the British won a decisive battle in 1757 and historical sites of Hazar Duari and Lal Bagh in Murshidabad was also being planned.
Disclaimer: No Business Standard Journalist was involved in creation of this content
