Archive · 23 Sep 2026
Suvendu Adhikari Unveils Cooch Behar Religious Tourism Development Plan
West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari visited Cooch Behar for administrative meetings.
He said the area would be developed as an important religious tourism destination.
He visited the old Madanmohan Temple during the trip.
The government plans to add more places for visitors to stay.
Adhikari also promised to reopen closed tea gardens and provide workers with a 20 percent bonus.
In nearby Jalpaiguri, he opened a bridge over the Murti River.
He said two more bridges are being built and another damaged bridge would be reconstructed.
A Union minister is expected to discuss improving Cooch Behar airport on September 28.
Suvendu Adhikari announced plans to develop Cooch Behar as a major religious tourism destination.
He visited the ninth-century Madanmohan Temple and promised additional accommodation for religious tourists.
Adhikari said closed tea gardens would reopen and workers would receive a 20 percent bonus.
He inaugurated a nearly Rs 20 crore bridge over the Murti River in Jalpaiguri.
Union Civil Aviation Minister Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu is scheduled to discuss Cooch Behar airport development on September 28.
- Who
- West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari, with Union Civil Aviation Minister Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu scheduled to participate in later airport discussions.
- What
- A development plan covering religious tourism, tea gardens, bridges, and Cooch Behar airport development was announced.
- When
- Adhikari made the announcements on Tuesday; the airport discussion is scheduled for September 28.
- Where
- Cooch Behar and Jalpaiguri in West Bengal.
- Why
- To attract religious tourists, improve infrastructure, support tea-garden workers, and advance airport development.
- Religious tourism site
- Cooch Behar's ninth-century Madanmohan Temple
- Accommodation plan
- More accommodation is planned to attract religious tourists.
- Tea-garden promise
- Closed tea gardens would be reopened and workers would receive a 20 percent bonus.
- Bridge inaugurated
- A bridge over the Murti River in Jalpaiguri, costing nearly Rs 20 crore.
- Additional bridges
- Two more bridges are under construction.
- Airport meeting
- Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu is scheduled to discuss Cooch Behar airport development on September 28.
- Other tourism reference
- Adhikari compared Cooch Behar's proposed religious tourism development with Tiger Hill in Darjeeling.