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00:00Rishikesh is the most popular place for rafting for tourists in the country.
00:13But the Uttarakhand government now wants to bring Rishikesh to the top on the map of the world.
00:19And that is why, with the help of the Ken government, a large budget is being spent on modern facilities in Rishikesh.
00:28Rishikesh is ready to rise to the top on the map of the world as a rafting leader.
00:34If everything goes according to plan, Rishikesh will become the backbone of the rafting race, leaving New Zealand's Queenstown behind.
00:43In fact, the central government has planned to spend Rs 3,295 crores for development in all tourist destinations across the country.
00:54The good news is that Rishikesh plans to establish a modern rafting base station.
01:00For this, the state hopes to get Rs 100 crores from the centre as soon as possible.
01:05With this money, Rishikesh will succeed in reaching new heights in the field of rafting.
01:11Our proposal was competing with the proposals of other states.
01:16So, finally, we have been selected to take the rafting infrastructure to the world stage.
01:25The state has a lot of infrastructure bottlenecks.
01:31Along with that, it has to improve livelihood options and raise people's income levels.
01:42For river rafting, New Zealand's Queenstown is considered the capital of the world.
01:47Here, rafting enthusiasts from all over the world reach with modern facilities.
01:53Uttarakhand Governor-General R. Meenakshi Sundaram says that there are 10 times fewer tourists than Rishikesh in New Zealand's Queenstown.
02:04Despite this, their economy is $ 80 million through rafting.
02:09There are lakhs of tourists in Rishikesh, but our economy is only $ 18 million.
02:17In this way, Uttarakhand will also try to cover the journey from $ 18 million to $ 80 million.
02:24Rafting is considered the capital of the world.
02:27Queenstown, New Zealand has an economy of $ 80 million.
02:33But our Rishikesh, which can be called the adventure capital of India, has an economy of only $ 18 million.
02:43The crowd that comes to Rishikesh for rafting is 10 times that of Queenstown.
02:48So, if Queenstown has an economy of $ 80 million in one-tenth of the crowd, then why do we have an economy of only $ 18 million?
02:57We can definitely take it to the next level.
03:00This is the whole plan.
03:03To increase international tourism.
03:09According to rafting, Rishikesh is the most popular in the country.
03:14Every year, about 14 to 15 lakh tourists come here for rafting.
03:19About 8 to 10 percent of them are foreign tourists.
03:25Rafting operators say that even today, tourists are facing a lot of problems here.
03:32Even facilities such as changing rooms are not available here.
03:36I have heard that a budget has been set up for rafting.
03:42If the government pays attention to these things, then even more crimes can be increased.
03:49Rafting operator Manjul Rawat says that safety policy is the most important during brave games.
03:57In this case, some important steps should be taken to ensure safety of rafting.
04:02Rafting has a long history.
04:05It started in 1989 or 1985.
04:10Ganga is a drop-in pool river, so it is safe.
04:14Equipment and training also play a big role in this.
04:18If the government wants to invest, it can invest in two ways.
04:23One is the structure we were talking about.
04:25The second investment should be done in the capacity building of rafting operators and guides.
04:30There are a lot of equipment that have to be imported from abroad.
04:36So pay attention to their duty.
04:38There is a lot of level of duty on the raft.
04:41So if the government sees that our local youth are adopting it like employment,
04:48how can their capacity building be done in this way?
04:51If the government invests in that too, then the safety standard can be brought to the world easily.
04:56Every year, rafting operators pay Rs. 15,000 to the government for a raft.
05:02The amount of insurance is also included in this.
05:05Apart from this, the state government also pays Rs. 20 to the rafting operators.
05:12The rafting operators complain that despite this, no arrangement has been made by the government in the name of facilities.
05:22Rafting work has been going on in Uttarakhand for the past 30 years.
05:26But with the help of the Afghan government, the state wants to make new arrangements for rafting.
05:32In this case, it is necessary to take the advice of the rafting operators
05:37so that better work can be done in this area and Uttarakhand can attract foreign tourists.