Sangam nose to get Juhu Chowpatty like facelift
PRAYAGRAJ: If all goes according to plan, visitors will be able to enjoy yummy and famous preparations of Prayagraj like ‘Raja Ram ki Loknath wali lassi’ to ‘Hari ke samose’ right on the sandy banks of the Sangam nose by this month end.
CEO of Prayagraj Mela Authority Arvind Kumar Chauhan, who is also the vice chairman of Prayagraj Development Authority (PDA), has initiated efforts to develop a unique food court near Sangam nose that would offer preparations of many of the famous traditional eateries and restaurants for the tourists and pilgrims to savour during their visits all the year around. The aim is to develop the site on the lines of the famous Juhu Chowpatty of Mumbai offering the perfect place for an outing.
For this, Chauhan has held meetings with the renowned hotel-restaurant operators of the city with the latest one taking place on Thursday.
In the meetings held at the PDA office, the hotel-restaurant operators have been asked to set up stalls in the proposed food court in the Sangam area. The hotel-restaurant operators have also liked this scheme. If everything goes according to plan, the city’s iconic cuisine stalls would all come together on the banks of the Sangam by this month end, said Chauhan.
“We have observed that with the sunset, Sangam nose starts looking deserted whereas there is so much potential in developing this part of Sangam into a spot which can be enjoyed both by locals and tourists, just like people thronging the Juhu beach of Mumbai,” he said.
We have decided to take several steps including improve