Fest fillip to tourism

A two day `Dhakeswari Sarabar and Rasikbeel Festival 2005` will begin from 29th April near Coochbehar to highlight the tourist potential of the district. The festival is expected to be inaugurated by the chief minister Mr. Buddhadev Bhattacherjee who is now in Delhi to attend the party congress.

The forest, tourism, information and cultural departments will sponsors the festival. Sabhapati of the panchayat samiti Radheshyam Adhikari said, “We have an idea to campaign in support of preservation the wildlife and environment along with highlight the district tourism potentials.” The shabhapati held a meeting with the of all gram panchayats under the samiti, the block development officer and officials of the information and cultural affairs department yesterday to take stock of the arrangements made so far. 1.5 lakhs will be used to organize the festival. Already all the important places in the district are decorated by banners and posters. The forest minister Mr. Yogesh Barman will lay foundation stone of a tiger project and a botanical garden and inaugurate a hare park at Rasikbeel on April 18. The tiger projects will come up on a 20-acre plot near the deer park at Rasikbeel. The state will give Rs. 10.5 lakhs which has been sanctioned and the zilla parishad has given 4.5 lakhs to the social forestry department, which is working on the plan. Aurobindo Sarkar, District information and cultural affairs officer said that the event would be held at Becharam High School ground, next to Rashikbeel, if the chief minister inaugurated it.

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