15th December, 2003
Ministry of Tourism & Culture  


SCIENCE CITIES AT JALLANDHAR, AHMEDABAD & LUCKNOW UNDER CONSTRUCTIONS


LOK SABHA

Science cities with the assistance of Central Government are being set up at Jallandhar, Ahmedabad and Lucknow. Besides this, science museum/centres are being developed at Dimapur, Imphal, Itanagar, Shillong, Gangtok, Amritsar, Kurukshetra and Haldighati. This was stated by the Minister for Tourism and Culture, Shri Jagmohan in reply to a question by Dr. N. Venkataswamy in Lok Sabha today.

During the current financial year, out of a total sum of Rs. 1300.00 lakhs earmarked for setting up of the Science Cities and Science museums/centres, so far, the amounts have been released are – Pushpa Gujral Science City, Jallandhar – Rs. 300.00 lakhs, Gujarat Science city, Ahmedabad – Rs. 200.00 lakhs, Kalpana Chawala Planetarium, Kurukshetra – Rs. 200.00 lakhs and Panorama at Haldighati – Rs. 100.00 lakhs, Shri Jagmohan added.