Dehradun District Magistrate BVRC Purushottam directed various departmental officials to ensure proper arrangements for the Uttarakhand Spring Bird Festival to be held from February 7 to 9.
During the meeting he discussed various arrangements and facilities at Asan Conservation Reserve, where the event is slated to be held. He said that the rest house of the Garhwal Mandal Vikas Nigam at Asan would be utilised as a rest house for the visitors in addition to which tents will be pitched with capacity for 80 people at Timli and for 20 people at Van Chetna Kendra providing sanitation and other necessary facilities.
The chief conservator of forests (Ecotourism) Rajiv Bhartari said that medical facilities and traffic arrangement should also be ensured for the event to prevent any inconvenience to the visitors. He also said that entry fees should also be decided for the visitors. Various other activities including coaching on bird watching skills, bird conservation exhibition, bird photography display and related programmes would also be organised during the festival, he added.
Meanwhile, Purushottam said that the entry fees for tourists would be `50 and other arrangement including medical facilities and traffic arrangements would also be done. He also instructed the officials of the power department to ensure that there are no power cuts during the event. Paddle boating at Asan would remain closed on the days of the event. He directed the Health department officials to arrange for medical facilities at the venue and directed Irrigation Department officials to ensure that the water level at Asan is neither too high nor low during the festival.