First peek
at film to boost tourism Dt. - 07/02/05
Ban O Parjataney Cooch Behar (forests
and tourism in Cooch Behar), a documentary film show on the
tourism aspects of Cooch Behar has been inaugurated today
here in the Netaji Indoor Stadium by the State forest minister
Mr. Jogesh Chandra Barman.
Some other people including the State tourism minister Mr.
Dinesh Chandra Dakua, Library minister Mr. Nimai Mal, Cooch
Behar DFO (wildlife), Mr. Kalyan Das and DFO (social forestry)
Mr. AK Samanta were present there in the ceremony.
The cameraman of the documentery was introduced
by the organizer. According to Mr. Barman this documentary
will help Cooch Behar to become a popular tourist spot.This
documentary film contains the history of this place and the
tourist spot, parks etc. It also highlights the wild beauty
of forests and the places of interest in the region, to attract
tourists.Outsider will be able to know about this and they
will be attracted by its beauty. It has been possible to make
such a film by the zilla parishad because forest department
extended their helping hand to fulfill this task. The film
will be dubbed into English language and will be shown in
the different places of the country which will attract tourists.
The added attractions of the film are the details of the forests
during the days of the erstwhile Maharajas of Cooch Behar,
past and present of the formation of forests here. The documentary
film shows the migratory birds at the Rasik-bil tourism centre
in Tufanganj, the Raj Palace Garden, including the musical
fountain, and the Tinbigha corridor. Except these all the
reach culture of Cooch Behar has been mentioned in the documentary
film.