This region would be developed as a heritage zone to attract foreign tourists. "This region should not be crowded like Bodh Gaya. This should be developed as a dedicated heritage zone," CM Nitish Kumar told officials during his four-day Pravas Yatra at Vaishali.

The CM instructed the divisional commissioner to think on those lines for freezing the sale and purchase of land in this region to maintain its sanctity. He asked officials to prepare a master plan to develop the entire region as an international site.

Recently, a large number of buildings, hotels and monasteries have come up in and around the ancient Vaishali. A resident of Vaishali Ram Pravesh said that the cost of the land has increased manifold in recent years. A large number of people are buying lands to set up hotels, mini restaurants in the nearby region.
Not only hotels, but several monasteries such as of Sri Lanka, Vietnam and Thailand have come up in the vicinity of the ancient Vaishali. A new hotel Siddharth is also coming up. "We do not want this region to be crowded like Bodh Gaya. The beauty and sanctity of the site should be maintained for the pilgrim tourists," Nitish told mediapersons at Vaishali.

Source: Times Of India Govt plans to freeze sale, purchase of land in Vaishali