Palnadu Forest Department has resolved to provide better facilities for tourists at Daida eco-park and Macherla Nagaravanam. It has also sanctioned permission for a road to be laid between Durgi and Minchalapadu.
N. Ramachandra Rao, Palnadu District Forest Officer, told The Hindu on November 25 (Saturday) that they have been planning to provide infrastructure facilities for tourists at Daida Eco-park with the support of donations and funds. He said that the department has been planning to construct pagodas, restrooms, night halt facilities, and a yoga centre and improve the greenery here.
Mr. Rao also visited the proposed Macherla Nagaravanam, where the department would plant saplings and develop a children’s play area, a walking track, an open gym, a yoga centre, a trekking route, adventure sports and gazebos.
On the same day, he inspected the Durgi-Minchalapadu path, where a road is proposed to be developed. The Panchayat Department has submitted a proposal through the ‘Parrivesh’ portal to develop a 1.5 km road connecting the two villages and requested permission under Forest Protection Act, 1980. After verifying the proposal, the DFO recommended the proposal as per extant rules keeping in view that the Minchalapadu village is in need of better road connectivity.
