UP to get new circuits for tourism

Aiming to tap tourism potentials of the state, the Uttar Pradesh Tourism Development (UPTD) will develop eight new tourism circuits in the state.

"The circuits are Jain circuit, Sufi circuit, Christian circuit, Mahabharat circuit, Ram Van Gaman circuit, Sikh circuit and handicraft circuit besides the one associated with the first freedom struggle of 1857," officials said today.

"Already, the state boasts of seven circuits to attract tourists. The central government would extend financial assistance to the state for development of these circuits," they said.