Budget 2025: Kota pins hope on IT, tourism as incidents of suicide by students dent local economy
Budget. With the Chambal Riverfront constructed at the cost of Rs 1,400 crore during the previous Congress government in the state, the region now has two tiger reserves in Kota and Bundi. In addition, it also boasts of historical places, heritage sites, ancient temples and wall paintings. With the newly-built Delhi-Mumbai Expressway of the Bharat Mala Project passing through Kota-Bundi and a proposed greenfield airport, the region also has the potential to attract investments.
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With more than 4,500 multi-storey hostels and coaching centres and around 45,000 paying-guest accommodations, the logistics required for setting up an IT hub here are already present, locals argue.
Meanwhile, the academic fraternity stresses the importance of need-based scholarship programmes and schemes. It also demands allocation of more funds for higher studies and research and setting up preparatory centres for administrative and civil services exams.
Ashok Maheshwari, general secretary, Kota Vyapar Mahasangh and Kota divisional president of the Rajasthan Hostel Federation, urged the Centre to announce activities to promote tourism as 13.6 per cent of Rajasthan's GDP depends on it. He also pitched for setting up an industrial corridor in Kota and fulfilling the long-standing demand for
