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AP govt to construct tribal museum in Vizag district

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Press Trust of India Visakhapatnam
Andhra Pradesh Government will construct a tribal museum in Bheemunipatnami in the district.

"The museum will be constructed by Tribal Welfare department at an expenditure of Rs 20 crore on four-acre land for which chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu will lay the foundation very soon," Tribal Welfare Minister R Kishore Babu said after visiting the plot at Kapuluppada area yesterday.

He said another Rs 5 crore will be spent on construction of a tribal cultural research centre on Visakhapatnam-Bheemunipatnam beach road.

The minister added that a tribal cultural research centre will come up on 1.30 acres with expenditure of Rs 5 crore beside Visakhapatnam-Bheemunipatnam highway.

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First Published: Jun 25 2015 | 11:28 AM IST

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