Punjab Chief Minister today gave the Green signal to Rs. 315 Crore Tourism Infrastructure Development Project funded by the Asian Development Bank (ADB).<br/><br/>The decision to this effect was taken by Mr. Parkash Singh Badal in a meeting with a team of ADB led by its team leader Mr. Ludwig Reider, who made a detailed presentation on the project.<br/>It may be recalled that Punjab is one of the four states selected by the Asian Development Bank for such project. Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Tamil Nadu are the other three states. Rs. 40 Crore would be spent during first year and the entire project would be completed with in five years.<br/><br/>Emphasizing the need for world class infrastructure to promote sustainable and inclusive tourism development Mr. Badal said that there was a great tourism potential in the state as Punjab has a mosaic of religious, historic, cultural, colonial historic and natural heritage.<br/>Mr. Reider informed that under the first phase of Sikh heritage circuit, the ADB would fund the site projects of Amritsar Walled City, Golden Temple, Ram Bagh Area, Gobindgarh Fort, Townhall, Rose Garden, Mughal Route, Dera Baba Nanak, Quadian, Hargobindpur, Achaleshwar, Pandhori Dham, Masania, Kishankot and Keshapur Wetland. He also informed the Chief Minister that the work on the first phase of the project would began from March 2010.<br/>