Amritsar: The Pakistan government has chalked out a multi-million dollar project to promote religious tourism focusing on Sikh and Hindu shrines with the help of World Bank. "Pakistan has rich wealth of cultural and religious places. Keeping that in mind, we have chalked out a major project to promote international religious tourism," said member of Pakistan's Punjab assembly Ramesh Singh Arora while talking to TOI over phone on Wednesday.Arora is not only the first Sikh member of the provincial assembly but he is also in the committee constituted by the Pakistan Punjab's chief minister for the purpose.Arora said the $60 million project is likely to start after a visit of the pre-appraisal mission of the World Bank in September/October. He said the committee had chalked out a multi-pronged strategy to attract tourists from other countries to visit Pakistan."Under the project, Sikh, Hindu, Buddhist and prominent Muslim religious places will be provided best of the facilities and infrastructure," Arora said.International boarding and transport facilities besides access roads to the Katasraj cluster of Hindu temples in Chakwal district of Pakistan, Gurdwara Nankana Sahib, Gurdwara Dera Sahib, Gurdwara Sacha Sauda, Gurdwara Punja Sahib and Gurdwara Kartarpur Sahib would be developed. "There will be new infrastructure under the project," he said.Sources seeking anonymity said the Evacuee Trust Property Board was responsible for the development of these shrines whereas the committee had chalked out development work only on the outside of religious places. "Development inside religious places is not up to the mark whereas for the success of the project there should be matching development both inside and outside," said sources.Stating that Pakistan was like Mecca to Sikhs due to various religious places, Arora said care would be taken so that the devotees didn't have any visa problem and tailor-made tour programmes would also be offered to them.The committee had envisaged construction of star-category hotels, Sikh heritage and cultural museum and accommodation at Sikh and Hindu religious places. "Equal attention will be paid on promotion of tourism at Buddhist sites and prominent Muslim religious places," he added.