Train to connect tourist spots in South India and Orissa Photo: K. Ramesh Babu SHOWCASING CULTURE: Folk artistes from Gujarat performing at the 63rd Travel and Tourism Fair in Hyderabad on Friday. HYDERABAD: Tourism Minister A. Ramanarayana Reddy has said that the State government has decided to fund the much-delayed Southern Splendour circular train project connecting important tourist destinations in South India and Orissa. Initially, it was to be co-funded by the States and the Centre, but due to changes in guidelines of the Indian Railways, the government alone would bear the entire capital investment of Rs. 50 crore, he told reporters after inaugurating the 63rd Travel and Tourism Fair here on Friday. Cruise connectivity A budgetary provision of Rs. 20 crore was made and the State government had conveyed to the Railway...
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