Adilabad: The Gandhari Vanam, a unique park coming up near Mysamma temple at Bokkalagutta area is already creating curiosity in Mancherial being created as a new district. The park will be a much longed for lung space to the people of the much-polluted coal belt area where opencast mines and ceramic industries cause massive pollution in the new district.
The park comprises of a children’s park, walking track, natural park, deer park, Ayurveda vanam and Shruti vanam coming up on 600 acres on the outskirts of Mancherial town. The vanam is developed with the Rs 3 crore funds contributed by MP Balka Suman and Chennur MLA Nallala Odelu.
Gandhari Vanam is developed by the forest department as part of tourism development in the area and convert the area as a tourist spot. According to forest officials, there will be nearly 1,000 varieties of plants cultivated in the park and also Jalavihar boating facility to entertain children and adults alike. Gandhari Vanam is close to the popular Gandhari Mysamma temple located in the limestone quarries in Mandamarri mandal.
Mancherial DFO Dr B. Prabhakar was confident that Gandhari Vanam will become popular with citizens and tourists.
Hundreds of devotees throng the Gandhari Mysamma temple (a village deity) every week and sacrifice goats and hens and celebrate feasts there and the place is a popular one among the people of the coal belt area.
Mancherial town expansion has grown by leaps and bounds and registered speedy growth and development on various accounts. The town is now almost connected with the Mandamarri town with the coming up new colonies in between.
Mancherial is emerging as a town with a lot of economic activity including real estate boom in the wake of state government’s decision to create Mancherial as a new district.
