Madhu-tila Eco-park- Bangladesh

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Madhutila Eco-Park is located in Puragaon Union under the Madhutila Forest Range in Nalitabari Upazila of Sherpur district and has become an attractive spot for tourists as well as for the picnic groups coming from different parts of the country. The Divisional Forest Office, Mymensingh under the Environment and Forest Ministry has taken a number of steps to make the place attractive for the tourists.

The beauty of the small hills is something that attracts visitors. To enjoy the beauty of nature, hundreds of tourists throng to the spot for picnic and tour purposes every day during the dry season. The eco-park also gets a good number of foreign tourists.

To make Madhutila Eco-Park similar to Safari Park in Chittagong, the Forest Department started the first phase of the “Madhutila Eco-Park Project” in the 1999-2000 fiscal year on 100 acres of forest land. The project's goals included making feeding places for the birds and animals, the plantation of rare species of trees including decorative and medicinal trees to attract tourists. Under the first phase of the project, the Local Government and Engineering Department (LGED) constructed a rest house, office and residential accommodation for the officials and employees. They also built sculptures of elephants, alligators, tigers, deer, mermaids, snakes and frogs. They dug lakes too, and constructed a watch tower at the top of a small hill. This first phase was completed in June 2004 with a cost of Tk. 164.24 lakh.

The second phase of the eco-park project started in 2005-2006 fiscal year with a cost of Tk. 4 crore. The second phase of work includes constructions of a mini zoo, a children's corner, murals of animals and plants at the main gate of the park to draw the attention of tourists, more picnic spots, information center, display models, parking zone, steel made umbrellas and benches for the visitors. Some wild animals including deer and peacocks were saved during the recent drives conducted by Joint Forces in the district and have been set free in the eco-park.

Madhutila Eco-Park is 221 kilometers away from the capital city Dhaka and 30 kilometers away from Sherpur town. A tourist from Dhaka needs four to four and half hours to reach Sherpur district town by a comfortable bus journey from Mohakhali, and the spot is 16 kilometer off the Jamalpur town. Tourists can stay at the rest house of the eco-park through advance booking and at the hotels of Sherpur town with their families.

The park will be a good source of revenue which will surely create employment opportunities for people, he added. Ten picnic spots will be created to avail the rush of picnic groups mainly in the winter season and presently three picnic spots are available and each spot will be rented at Tk. 800 to Tk. 1000. The eco-park has a VIP rest house with four rooms which are rented at TK. 2500 per day. A project to construct bridges and water fountains will also be undertaken.
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