India’s largest Butterfly Park in Surat set to open next month
India’s largest Butterfly Park in Surat set to open next month
By our correspondent
Ahmedabad, DeshGujarat, 10 November, 2008
India’s largest Butterfly park is all set to open in Gujarat’s Surat city. The Park will open most probably next month.
The park is being developed by Surat Municipal Corporation(SMC) as part of Surat’s famous Sarthana zoo at a cost of Rs. 1.50 crore.
SMC has used 15000 square metre net to develop 16,000 square metre Butterfly park. Around 10,000 plants and trees consisting more than 100 diverse varieties are planted to create suitable atmosphere for butterflies. Artificial water falls, ponds, rock garden and pathways are developed inside the park for public amusement. At a time, four to five thousand people would be able to visit this park.
As of now Bangalore has the largest 1000 square metre Butterfly park which is too small in compare to Surat’s 16,000 square metre similar park.
It is estimated that there are about There are 150000 different species of butterflies and moths in the world. Surat Butterfly park will have presence of 10,000 butterflies consisting 30 different species.
Some of the butterfly species that would be presented in the park are Tony Coaster, Common crow, Indian Cupid, Pell Grass blue, Blue Tiger, Striped Tiger, Common Serulin, Red Pirot, Blue Pensi, Common Coaster, Common Leopard, Common Gull, Common Nawab, Peacock Pensi, Dinide Egg fly, Common Bluebottle, Grey Pensi, Lime Butterfly, Lemon Pensi, Common Rose, Great Egg fly, Blue Mormon, Yellow Pensi, Crimson Rose, Common Mormon, Tailed Jay, Common Emigrant, Red Halon, Common Grass Yellow, Common Jazzble.
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Well,Suratcity soon be became NO.1 city of India welldone SMC.Congratulation to all of Surat resi
dent and well wisher of Gujarat.Chhote Sardar aap aage badho all of Gujarati’ is with you.
Surat city soon became a No.1 city of India.Under the leadership of chhote Saradar our Gujarat making a large development in the India.Congratulation to SMC and recedent of Surat district.
Jay Jay Garvi Gujarat, Vande Mataram.
Hats off. no words to say. We all very proud.
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The country’s largest butterfly park is ready to be thrown open for public on Friday. To be inaugurated by mayor Ranjit Gilitwala at Sarthana Nature Park here, the park will house over 30 species of the insect in an area of over 70,000 sq metre.
The idea had been mooted three years ago to protect thousands of butterflies that live on the 81-acre land of Sarthana. The park will also have a gardening area, walkway, breeding house, water fall and rock garden. This apart, over 12,000 host and nectar plants of 75 different species have been planted in the park.
Said Dr Praful Mehta, incharge zoo superintendent of Sarthana Nature Park, “As a butterfly can fly only if its body temperature is 34.67 degree Celsius, one cannot see many butterflies in winter and during foggy days. This is the prime reason why we have kept visiting hours of this park from 10 am to 2 pm.”
Furthermore, work for Wildlife Interpretation Centre is on at the butterfly park. As there are thousands of butterflies in the park, authorities will not need any from outside. “These insects will get ample food and an environment to breed and shelter in the park, so they will not migrate to any other place,” he added.
Soon, the park will have facilities like a museum and theatre. For an entry fee of Rs 10, visitors can see species like Common Indian Crow, Stripped tiger, Blue tiger, Indian Cupid, Red Pirate, Blue Pansy, Common Castor, Common Leopard, Grey Pansy. “This will become the largest as another park in Bangalore is housed in a 1,000-sq mt area,” Mehta added.
lastly once again it is a great achievement for our Surat City to open largest butterfly garden of India. Thanks and congratulation to S.M.C (Surat Municipal Corporation)
great job done u have shown that gujus are not less than any one in any field keep going wishing u success
i would request you to give me the names of butterfly garden makers in india.
India k har ek shahar me us ki khoobsurati zarur ho ta k TOURISTs k aane per INDIA & INDIANS ko bahut laabh hon aur hamari CITIES & MULK/DESH ka b khoob naam ho, HUM HINDUSTANI PYAR O MOHABBAT K RANGON MEIN RANGE RAHEIN SEHATMAND MIND K SAATH, KHUSHI K SAATH, SAB K SAATH, HUM EK HAIN………!!!! TITLIYON AUR PHOOLON K PYAREY PYARE GARDEN BANAIN AUR HUMARE BAAD KI GENERATION KO B INDIA MEIN SAB KUCHH MILE……ROTI…KAPDEY AUR MAKAAN K SATH….ZINDAGI LIVE JIEN AUR JEENE DEIN……HUMM SAB BAHUT TALENTED HAINN….TITLIYON K SHAHAR MEIN…………….
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sir,
was a pleasant surprise , for growing gujrat & india , will you be kind enough to give me the details of butterfly park developers – so that i personally contratululate them for this wonderful job
thank
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