Jalpaiguri, April 10: The district administration's
plans for Buxadooar and Buxa Tiger Reserve are what trekkers dreams
are made of.
Walking through dense forests, campaigns in caves, crossing swollen
rivers, resting on riverbeds…the works.
Tourism department officials and Buxa
Tiger Reserve (BTR) authorities are already hard at work giving
the final shape to the new routes that will soon be opened for adventurists.
Jalpaiguri district magistrate Subrata Gupta said: `We have
identified certain places to develop adventure tourism. Trekking
routes have been selected in the Buxadooar belt and (BTR) authorities
and tourism department have been given the responsibility of finalise
these routes`
The district administration on its part, has taken charge to provide
permission, ensure security and map the probable trails. `The tourism department is likely to take the charge of the
publicity aspect`, officials said. Areas like Adma, Rupam valley, Rovers Point and a handful of lesser
known place in the recesses of the tiger reserve are sure to score
well with trekkers.
Treks leading through tea estates have also be introduced to add
that extra bit of variety to the age-old sport.
`We are stressing on the Buxadooar areas because the region
everything a trekker will look for during his/her visit`, Gupta
said. `To encourage adventure tourism in these areas, we have
asked the mountaineering clubs to come forward and organise such
treks. We are ready to help them,` he added. `As a part
of this initiative, we have already given some equipment and gadgets
necessary for trekking and climbing to some Jalpaiguri and Alipurduar-based
clubs`.
The district administration have already promoted the new routes
the answer to the more popular stretches in the `trekking zone`
like Sandakhphu and Phalut in Darjeeling and Yaksum in Sikkim.
`The beauty of Dooars different from that of the hills. The
variety of flora and fauna is practically unlimited. This is an
additional attraction for trekkers choosing these areas,` Bhaskar
Das, member of Jalpaiguri Nature and Trekkers Club said. `The administration has done well to cash in on the bounties
of the region at a time when adventure tourism has turned into a
holiday season enterprise among the next generation,` he added. |
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