President Of India To Inaugurate 'Nature Trail' At President's Estate

The President of India, Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil will open the 'Nature Trail' at President's Estate tomorrow. The Nature Trail is a result of Smt. Patil's keen interest to protect the ecological heritage of Rashtrapati Bhavan and to bring people closer to Rashtrapati Bhavan. It is a part of the Roshini Project which is an effort taken on the directions of the President of India to ecologically make the President's Estate a green, energy efficient and a zero waste model township.

The ecological heritage of Rashtrapati Bhavan along with natural and managed eco system of the President's Estate are an ideal platform for promoting education about natural and environmental awareness amongst students and visitors. The Trail will allow visitors to walk through 75 acres of the President's Estate, which has a natural forest eco system, an agro eco system and a pond-eco system. It is proposed that the NATURE TRAIL would become open to visitors coming to Rashtrapati Bhavan on Saturdays when the Change of Guard Ceremony shall be held on the approach road to Rashtrapati Bhavan between North and South Blocks. In this way, not only would the public become aware of the importance of environmental protection, they would also get an opportunity to come closer to the Rashtrapati Bhavan.

This release issued at 1350hrs.