Floating Restaurant Inaugrated
Floating Restaurant is a new project of its kind in the state with a view to provide restaurant facility to the tourists on board while they will be boating in Chilka lake. The project has been executed by Orissa Tourism Development Corportion out of the financial assistance from Government of India at a cost of 42.89 lakh. The restaurant is built on a catamaran and will be self propelled shortly. It has a 400 sqft. Of fully furnished dining hall for 36 persons with toilet, generator and kitchen inside the cabin. It has also a nice deck of 600 sqft with adequate sitting arrangement above the dining hall. The craft is ideally suited for meetings, conference and family gettogathers, birthday parties etc. The rate of reservation for 4 hours has been fixed at Rs. 2000 which can be booked through the manager, Panthanivas, Barkul. The OTDC ha also a fleet of 7 crusing boat with total capacity of 118 persons. OTDC is also planning to introduce double decker luxury boat, house boat and peddal boat for the tourists in near future.
Shri A U Singh Deo, Hon’ble Minister, Tourism ceremonially dedicated the Floating Restaurant at Barkul on Chilika Lake to the service of the Tourists. While talking to media persons after launching the service on broad M L Irrawadi, he indicated that this novel concept of dinning while cruising or conferencing is unique in the country. Shri R. Balakrishan, IAS, Commissioner-cum-Secretary, Tourism and Culture clarife 44 that the twin haul catamaran has been named after the dolphins found in the Chilika lake. Shri G.N. Mohanty, IAS, Director, Tourism and MD, OTDC Ltd welcomed the guets on the shore and on board. Shri J.K. Mohanty, Chairman, HRAO, other members of the Hotel Industry, Sr. Officers of the Tourism Department and OTDC were present on the occasion.
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