1. The district administration is fortifying infrastructure for tourists at various places for the upcoming season.
2. Be it the provision of toilets, parking, nature parks, beautification of campuses, waste management or restoration of pedestrian paths, all facilities are being created at a rapid pace.
3 The most important aspect of betterment in infrastructure is to protect the environment of fragile mountainous areas.
4 The services of Sulabh International have been hired for the installation of mobile toilets at tourist places.
5. Sulabh will operate and maintain mobile toilets to be set up from the Green Tax Barrier to the Rohtang Pass.
6. The Tourism and Civil Aviation Department has provided funds to the Tourism Development Council (TDC), Manali, under the “Nai Rahein, Nai Manzilein” scheme for the construction of pedestrian paths and entrances. The estimates for construction works have already been obtained from the Forest Department and the amount has been released to the officials concerned.
7. Rs 60 lakh has been released to the Forest Department for setting up a nature park at Gulaba.
8. A rain shelter, food point and cafeteria, solar lights, benches and pedestrian paths will be constructed at Gulaba.
9. The Forest Department has been asked to construct the nature park at the earliest. The department has been given exemption to arrange tickets, etc, for its maintenance
10. Rs 13.14 lakh has been released to the Public Works Department (PWD) for shifting the left bank Green Tax Barrier from Prini to Jagatsukh. The barrier will be linked with FASTag for the convenience of tourists. The right bank Green Tax Barrier at Rangri has already been linked with FASTag.
11. The emphasis has been laid on the installation of CCTV cameras in tourist hotspots of Manali. The TDC has released Rs 12 lakh to the Manali MC to instal CCTV cameras, which has now been asked to be transferred to the Police Department.