A rainwater harvesting centre is slated to come up at Dr. Shivaram Karanth Pilikula Nisargadhama.
Speaking to presspersons at the nisargadhama on Wednesday, H. Jayaprakash Bhandary, Executive Director of the nisargadhama, said that the governing council of the nisargadhama has approved the proposal.
The centre proposed on one-acre land would have educative models of rainwater harvesting methods such as roof water harvesting, borewell recharging, and percolation pits. It would provide information on traditional rainwater harvesting structures like ‘madakas’.
The centre would also organise workshops to create awareness on rainwater harvesting. He said that the centre would come up under the guidance of Shree Padre, a environmental activist. Earlier, B. Ramanath Rai, Minister for Forest, Environment and Ecology, inaugurated an ‘Interpretation Centre’ were workshops and seminars related to biodiversity and its conservation will be organised.
It has been built by Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd at an estimated cost of Rs. 28 lakh.
Replica
The Minister also inaugurated a replica of Eiffel Tower of Paris, France, which is an added attraction to visitors at Lake Garden in the nisargadhama. It is 50 ft high.
Mr. Bhandary said that series of replicas of monuments of historical significance would come up in the garden within six months.
Some of them would include replicas of India Gate, Kutub Minar, caves of Ellora, noted stone chariot of Hampi and Taj Mahal.
The India Gate would be 14 ft tall. The Eiffel tower has been built using steel. Other structures would be built using fibre and ferrocement.
