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August 7, 2013

Tourist Traffic Hit Due to Uttarakhand Floods

85% Fall in Tourist Traffic in ‪‎UttaraKhand‬ due to ‎Floods‬ The June flood disaster in Uttarakhand has badly hit the tourism, the largest employment providing sector in the hill state, causing a steep fall of 85 per cent in tourist traffic. Destinations like ‪‎Jaipur‬, ‪‎Agra‬, ‪‎Udaipur‬ and ‪‎MountAbu‬ have benefited the most with travellers making last minute bookings post shifting […]

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August 7, 2013

Uttarakhand Floods: World Bank & ADB to give $400m

The World Bank and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Tuesday agreed to provide $ 400 million for reconstruction and rehabilitation in the disaster-hit areas in Uttarakhand. In a meeting presided by Uttarakhand Chief Secretary Subhash Kumar, it was decided that the money would be spent in works in sectors including the housing, tourism, irrigation, agriculture, education, and health sector. […]