Hyderabad : Chief Secretary S.K. Joshi, MA&UD Principal Secretary Arvind Kumar, DEO & GHMC Commissioner M. Dana Kishore along with Zonal Commissioner Hari Chandana and associated members of the parks inaugurated “Theme Park” for the convenience of the citizens on Dussehra on Thursday.
Interacting with the media, they said India’s first exclusive park spread in 1.3 acres at a cost of Rs 1.1 crore was perfect for every dog’s day out. Dogs finally have a space outside home where they can relax and rejuvenate. The park has been equipped with dog training equipment, play equipment areas of exercise, splash pool, fountain, amphitheatre, lawns for separate kennels for big and small dogs and even a clinic.
The park was developed as per the international standards for dogs and dog parents and also certified by Kennel Club of India and it is one of its kind in the Country. Depending on the success of this park, the GHMC has plans to put up one more park in the eastern part of the city, said the Chief Secretary.
Arvind Kumar said the three Theme parks are unique with regard to harvesting park the citizen can know the importance of the harvesting theme park that how to attract rains, how to save the water and so on where different models have been displayed. The aim of the project was to create awareness to every schoolchild to know the benefits of the rain harvesting pits where the students can visit to know the importance of the rain harvesting.
Similarly, the Panchatanthra Park is for school children where the students can hear the audio version of the stories and can feel the moral of the story in the park. The dog park is first of its kind in the Country the dogs along with the owners can come to the park and feel better in the open space they can relax and enjoy which brings a lot of satisfaction in the open space, said the Principal Secretary.
Hari Chandana has explained details of the park. She said she is a dog lover had visited similar dog parks abroad and thought of providing such type of parks with International Standards in GHMC. She also said there have been a lot of representations from the public about dogs being not allowed in general public parks as this dog park has been opened, the ZC said.