West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said periodic unrest in Darjeeling have disturbed her plans to build the picturesque hill station as one of the best tourist destinations in the country.
She said that her development plans for the hills were spoiled because of the unrest which eventually affected the tourist footfall there.
Urging businessmen, local leaders as well as those in the administration in Digha in East Midnapore district not to create an environment which turn tourists away, Banerjee said, "Things have been spoiled in the same manner in Darjeeling... I had dreamt so many things about (development in) Darjeeling. I had tried to plan many things in Darjeeling but if you have unrest in every 10 years then you cannot build on your plans."