New additions to Kankaria:Butterfly park, Children swimming pool

Ahmedabad, 22 December, 2011

Ahmedabad’s Kankaria lake front will have a new butterfly park, swimming complex for children and revamped version of Balvantrai Thakor municipal community hall and Jayendra Pandit picnic house next year.

Rs 89.17 lakh project of Children’s swimming pool has been given to Saumya construction. The project will be completed in 9 months. A new facility will come up over a plot area of 3200 sq.meter of which 500 sq.meter area will occupied by 12.5×9.0 sq.m pool, while 2700 sq.m area will be left for parking.

A new butterfly park will come up at One tree hill garden at a cost of Rs 90.61 lakh within 6 months. One tree hill has 22865 sq.m land, of which 8000 sq.m land will be occupied by new butterfly park. Entry of new park will be from lotus fountain of one tree hill garden which is located inside the Kankaria lake front. The gate of this park will be in butterfly shape. There will be an interpretation centre 20 meters away from the gate. Also there will be a breeding area through landscaping and 20 ft diameter fountain. Different models of butterflies will be exhibited inside the park.

Kankaria lake front’s Balvantrai Thakor hall will be revamped through various works worth Rs 4.98 crore including a new RCC underground parking system(28 cars and 30 two wheelers at one time), paving, landscaping, heritage plaster, new tiles, new toilet blocks, water proofing etc.

Shri Jayendra Pandit picnic house will be revamped at a cost of Rs 1.54 crore. The works will be completed in 9-month period. About 11,000 square meter area of JP picnic house will have a new viewer gallery.