Siliguri to get a planetarium

Mr Asok Bhattacharya, urban development minister of West Bengal, today said that a new planetarium is set to open soon in Siliguri.
This announcemment came after he inaugurated the newly built 3D vision theatre at the North Bengal Science Centre on the occasion of its 11th anniversary at the NBSC auditorium in Matigara near Siliguri today. Over 50 lakhs has been spent for the construction of the 55-seater planetarium at the centre, which will be inaugurated on March 2009.
The minister informed that the Siliguri Jalpaiguri Development Authority was planning to construct a 3D virtual reality room on the lines of the ones in Beijing and Shanghai in China.
Dr Jayanta Sthanapati, director, Birla Industrial and Technological Museum, Kolkata, announced that as a reward to the people of Siliguri and its outskirts for their co-operation in the successful running of the center they would start a new gallery, “Fascinating Physics,” at the center on August 17 next year.
Mr Rajiv Nath, project coordinator, NBSC informed that six shows, each of 15 minutes duration and comprising of two short films, Shark Island and Master of Magic, will be held from 11:00 a.m till 5:30 p.m at the 50-seater 3D vision theatre everyday.
The rates of the tickets for the shows have been fixed at Rs.7 and the viewers will be supplied special Polaroid glasses by the center to experience and enjoy the effects. There will be special concession for students from educational institutions in and around Siliguri. A letter by the heads of their institutes will grant them a special concession of Rs 2.

Courtesy: The Statesman

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