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Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin connected Friday (December 4) volition inaugurate the caller M.K. Stalin eco-park wrong the restored irrigation vessel astatine Melathikkan colony connected Thirukovilur Main Road.
Officials of the State Highways, who executed the caller facility, said that the parkland has been acceptable up connected a 5 hectare crippled wrong Melathikkan tank, which is maintained by District Rural Development Agency (DRDA).
The caller parkland volition supply overmuch needed leisure abstraction for children and elder citizens with amenities aimed astatine those sections of the society. “Residents and devotees tin easy entree the caller parkland arsenic the caller installation is located connected a cardinal agelong adjacent the temple town. The timing of the parkland opening volition beryllium decided successful the coming days,” S. Anbarasu, Assistant Executive Engineer (AEE), State Highways, told The Hindu.
Accompanied by Collector K. Tharpagaraj, Minister for Public Works and Highways E.V. Velu inspected the caller installation up of its opening.
The caller ecopark has a children’s play area, retail spaces for selling snacks and beverages for visitors and dedicated parking.
The caller installation has a agelong tiled walking track, which is astir 2 km astatine the water with seating arrangements astatine each 200 metres of the way with washrooms and h2o facilities. Four Over Head Tanks (OHTs) were built with a 240 KV transformer.
Highways officials said that a meditation centre, audio system, abstracted gym for men and women were besides provided. As portion of information features, CCTV cameras were installed with a centralised monitoring strategy successful the park. The full installation has fencing and a compound partition to forestall intruders aft closing hours.
Saplings of autochthonal effect bearing and shadiness histrion taxon similar guava, naval tree, izhupai tree, mango and gooseberry volition beryllium planted. Culverts were built to discharge excess rainwater into the water without affecting the park.
Once opened, the caller parkland volition beryllium handled by the Department of Tourism to supply boating facilities to gully tourists, particularly agelong region travellers. The tank, which is dispersed implicit 82 acres with a full capableness of 38 mcft of water, was rejuvenated nether the Rehabilitation and Restoration of Lakes strategy by DRDA recently.
