After unique ‘tree house’ the famous Belta National Park is set to get ‘eco huts’ to lure tourists. Officials of the Palamu tiger reserve are working on this proposal to get as many as five eco huts for the convenience and accommodation of the visitors here who often suffer the agony of space crunch during their stay.
Sources said the concept of ‘eco hut’ is the brain child of the field director cum chief conservator of forest of the PTR MP Singh. Speaking to The Pioneer on Friday Singh said, “We are working on this proposal of five eco huts here wherein one hut will be of two rooms each room of two beds. These huts will have the semblance of the ‘Tree House’ here which has three rooms and each room of two beds.”
The ‘eco huts’ will have the ambience of nature where in power supply will be done using solar panels. “We will try in the first phase to switch off our generator sets, air conditioners as we want our tourists to feel the freshness of nature’s pure air here. Noise of the generator sets frightens our deer at night most and they feel discomfort.”
When reminded that there are about a dozen forward security posts right inside the PTR like Kaer, labher, Morwai, Bareysarn, Garu, Mandal Serendag Barwadeeh Garu etc where security officials have their nights lit only by generators, the field director replied, “We will set the example by putting off the generator sets so that these people also take a cue from us at any point of time.”
Official accommodation at the tiger sanctuary ‘Junta lodge’ is in a very shabby condition without inhospitable condition and the management is also planning to renovate this too for the tourists. There are fewer rooms for tourists at PTR. In tourists cottage there are eight beds while in Tree House there are six beds only.
“Many get angry with us when for want of availability of room. Such people surely will have no nice word for us but we cannot help so we plan to build Tourists Hostel but it is right now a proposal to be approved sanctioned and funded by the state government,” said the field director.