Dikhyaa Mohanty 
The Odisha government has decided to establish more eco-retreat camps in the state to revive Odisha tourism and decided to start a motorcycling festival in the Kandhamal district this winter to attract more tourists.
According to the reports, AK Tripathy, principal advisor to the chief minister and chairman of the Western Odisha Development Council (WODC), said that Kandhamal with its waterfalls, forests, and streams will soon be turned into a major tourist spot in Odisha. An eco-retreat camp that was started at Daringbadi last year received an encouraging response from the tourists and more such eco-retreat camps would be arranged this year, too, at attractive locations.
He further added that many excellent roads pass through forests and other beautiful locations that can offer an exciting motorcycling experience to nature lovers. He has also asked the district administration to locate a proper destination for establishing a museum to safeguard the art and culture of Kandhamal.
The primary task began with collector D Brunda identifying roads leading to the dazzling waterfalls at Kuturi, Putudi, and Katramal to develop those. Tripathy also directed Vinit Agrawal, Superintendent of Police, to promote the district as a motorcycling circuit and to link it with Chandaka near Bhubaneswar and asked Agarwal to develop the circuit in coordination with bikers’ clubs in the state and other parts of the country, and start a motorcycling festival in winter.
