The State government has decided to develop the Central Park as Oxy Zone in the city. The lung space will be developed on a 19-acre site behind the Raipur District Collectorate, said officials.
Officials said that the proposed Central Park-Oxy Zone will have greenery enlarged and the water-table enhanced.
The Central Park will be ideally located in the heart of the city with a small zoo and a museum based on folk culture. There will be mini ponds which will increase the water-table of the surroundings. There will be space for parking and toilets will be constructed. The master plan for this will be prepared soon. There are two Oxy Zones at present one in Pune and the other in Ahmedabad.
Notably, on the other hand, Naya Raipur is not just fast emerging as the hi-tech State capital of Chhattisgarh but also an adventure sports destination. The four km cycling track, Kayaking, Burma bridge and a 2 km skating track are some of the facilities already functional in the new capital city, officials said.
Boating facility has been made available to visitors coming for the Jungle Safari from January 1 this year. The Jungle Safari comprises of four separate safaris, including herbivore safari, bear safari, tiger and lion safari. Around 166 personnel, including officials, doctors, zoo-keeper, guard and other staff are deployed for taking care of animals.
Notably the Chhattisgarh government has also earmarked 258.48 hectares of land in the capital for setting up a ‘Nature Resort’ and a ‘Theme Park’ in the future, officials said.
On the other hand, it may be recalled that a ‘Theme Residential Township’— first of its kind in Central India would have people living in sort of a ‘getaway’ location.
The State government has recently informed that a ‘Purkhauti Muktangan’ had also been developed with the vision to promote culture, tradition, and archeology. Traditional sculptors of Chhattisgarh have given it the shape of cultural heritage. Spread over 200 acres of land, Purkhauti Muktangan is situated nearly 20 km away from village Uparwara, officials said.
Soon rock garden and aquarium will also be developed at the Purkhauti Muktangan premises which will further enhance its significance, they added.
Rural Engineering Department Abhanpur and Raipur besides Chhattisgarh Tourism Board have been appointed implementation agency under Purkhauti Muktangan Scheme.
Till date, development works on 20 acres of land have been completed, which includes landscaping, civil work, installation of fountain and water stage.
Development works in the first phase include construction of magnificent entrance, tourist information centre, path way, media path, baiga chowk devgudi, Chhattisgarh haat, Chhattisgarhi chowk, tribal traditional shade, amusement park, water supply facility, workshop for iron craftsmen, traditional net for mural paintings, construction of freedom fighters’ statutes, boundary wall construction and making of Chhattisgarh’s map.
It might be recalled that the Chhattisgarh government has commenced the process of setting up a ‘Tribal Museum and Tribal Research & Training Centre’ at the ‘Purkhouti Muktangan’ premises here.
Also, the government would re-create models of Bastar and Surguja division jungles and other natural beauty of Chhattisgarh in the proposed film city to come up at Naya Raipur. The nature based models would be created for enabling shooting of films which would also help showcase Chhattisgarh in global cinematic space, officials said.
The Chhattisgarh government has earmarked 258.48 hectares of land in the new capital for setting up a ‘Nature Resort’ and a ‘Theme Park’ in the future, officials stated.
A proposal regarding numbers, type of species, their placement and cage structure has been forwarded to Central Zoo Authority. After accomplishment of fencing related tasks, four sloth bears will be housed for bear safari being developed in an area measuring around 20 hectare. Similarly, four bears will be kept in the zoo.