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| Keywords: New Mahabaleshwar.JPG en MTDC gears up for ˜New Mahabaleshwar ™ project Published on December 23 2008 by admin News4-Travel Desk ˜New Mahabaleshwar ™ project is yet again on the radar of Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation MTDC for developing the Mahabaleshwar site MTDC has started working on the project to replicate the existing hill station of Mahabaleshwar in Satara district In early 2000 MTDC informed that it was planning to invest around Rs 1 000 crore for the development of the new project which is spread across 6000 hectares of land The new project will extend its current base Mahabaleshwar to Koyna Dam After completing the feasibility study on the upcoming site MTDC is currently going ahead with the development of ˜New Mahabaleshwar ™ project which will be near the existing hill station of Mahabaleshwar According to Vijay Chavan General Manager MTDC Existing Mahabaleshwar is no more a summer destination but is becoming a round the year destination It is most popular among the travellers in Maharashtra and is one of the preferred hill stations for short haul markets like Mumbai Navi Mumbai Pune Nashik etc The reason behind the development of new site is due to over saturation of the current site During the peak season March “ June the demand for hotel rooms are much higher than supply The new site will open new destinations for frequent travellers and will open new avenues for suppliers It is a huge project and will take a minimum of five to eight years to be completed added Chavan Currently Mahabaleshwar along with Panchgani 18 km away from Mahabaleshwar are promoted as hill stations while Tapola 30km away from Mahabaleshwar is promoted as an adventure site closed from June “ October Chavan also informed that Government of Maharashtra owns a good portion of land at the new site We have requested the government to pass on the site for tourism development Once we get a good amount of area we will invite hoteliers to give their tenders for the same I ™m sure top hotel and resort chains along with budget hotels will show keen interest to expand their operations at this new site stated Chavan Apart from ˜New Mahabaleshwar ™ site MTDC is also going to develop Toranmal hill-station in Nandurbar District Maharashtra Currently Toranmal hill-station is the second coolest hill-station in Maharashtra and is slowly getting popular among domestic and international tourists Chavan said Toranmal hill-station holds immense tourism potential for the state The investment figures for developing the hill-station are still getting finalised but we are trying to start the project as soon as possible own Rpaliwal1979 01/12/2008 Mahabaleshwar | ||||
