Union Minister of Finance Nirmala Sitharaman announced the development of mountain trails, turtle trails and birdwatching trail.
The Government will develop ecologically sustainable mountain trails in Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Jammu Kashmir, Arakku Valley (Andhra Pradesh) in the Eastern Ghats and Podhigai Malai (Tamil Nadu - Kerala) in the Western Ghats.
Further, it announced the establishment of turtle trails along key nesting sites in the coastal areas of Odisha, Karnataka and Kerala.
A birdwatching trail along the Pulicat Lake in the Andhra Pradesh-Tamil Nadu border will be developed.