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Bengal Beach Festival begins today

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Purba Midnapore District Administration and Digha Shankarpur Development Authority (DSDA) will organise a seven-day-long beach festival to attract both domestic and foreign tourists. The festival will be held following the initiative taken by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to upgrade the beach towns and bring more tourists.

The festival will be held between December 20 and 26 in Digha, Mandarmoni, Tajpur and Shankarpur, all of which are popular beach destinations along the Bay of Bengal.

There will be several items to attract the tourists. For the first time, beach volleyball competitions will be held in Tajpur. This will attract both domestic and foreign tourists, according to senior officials of DSDA.

Tourists will get opportunities to travel on hot air balloons to have a bird’s-eye view of the beaches and their adjoining areas. Swiss tents will be set up for the tourists on the sea beaches. There will be a book fair and a handicraft fair participated in by women members of self-help groups (SHGs). There will be cultural programmes in the evenings where folk music will be given a priority.

Then, there will be a motorcycle rally to spread the message of the safe-driving programme of Safe Drive Save Life. Many people visit the beach resorts on motorcycles; they will take part in the rally along with officials and volunteers of Purba Medinipur district administration.

 

উৎসবের মরসুমে বাংলা মাতাতে সৈকত উৎসব

রাজ্যের সৈকত শহরগুলিতে পর্যটনের প্রসারের জন্য পূর্ব মেদিনীপুর জেলা প্রশাসন এবং দিঘা-শংকরপুর উন্নয়ন পর্ষদ সাতদিন ব্যাপী ‘বেঙ্গল বিচ ফেষ্টিভাল’ এর আয়োজন করতে চলেছে।

‘বেঙ্গল বিচ ফেষ্টিভাল’ আয়োজিত হবে ২০-২৬ ডিসেম্বর। দীঘা, মন্দারমণি, তাজপুর ও শঙ্করপুরে হবে এই ‘সৈকত উৎসব’।

উৎসবের অঙ্গ হিসেবে তাজপুরে আয়োজিত হবে বিচ ভলিবল প্রতিযোগিতা। সমুদ্রের সৈকতে বসবে সুইস তাবু। বইমেলা ও হস্তশিল্প মেলার আয়োজনও করা হবে। সাথে থাকবে সাংস্কৃতিক অনুষ্ঠান।

‘সেফ ড্রাইভ, সেভ লাইফ’ কর্মসূচি সম্বন্ধে সচেতনতা বাড়াতে আয়োজিত হবে মোটরসাইকেল র‍্যালি।

মুখ্যমন্ত্রীর ঐকান্তিক প্রয়াস রাজ্যের সৈকত পর্যটনের প্রসার ঘটানোর; এই উদ্যোগ সেই লক্ষ্যেই নেওয়া হয়েছে।

 

Source: Millennium Post

Digha-Shankarpur Development Authority plan to revive Digha forests

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The Digha-Shankarpur Development Authority has decided to plant a large number of casuarina trees along the coastline where such forests have depleted because of subsequent cyclones and felling of trees.

The lush forests of casuarina or jhow trees had attracted the Bengal government’s attention in the late 1950s, when it decided to develop Digha into a tourist destination. Such an attraction were the forests that they even inspired a song by Pintu Bhattacharya: “Cholona dighar soikot chere/ jhow boner chhaye chhaye (lets go from the Digha beach to the shadows of the jhow forest)”.

But over the years, the forests gradually depleted in many areas because of storm and theft of the trees for firewood. Following instruction from Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, the Digha-Shankarpur Development Authority taken up the initiative to plant about one lakh jhow saplings every year to restore the beach to its glory. The Government wants to develop the lush forests again along the 20 km coastline from Digha to Mandarmani. Eventually, they will resemble the thick growth of coconut trees in Goa.

 

দিঘার প্রাকৃতিক সৌন্দর্য বিকশিত করতে অভিনব উদ্যোগ রাজ্য সরকারের

দিঘা-শঙ্করপুর উন্নয়ন কর্তৃপক্ষ উপকূল বরাবর বেশ কয়েকটি ঝাউ গাছ লাগানোর সিদ্ধান্ত নিয়েছে। ইতিমধ্যেই ঘূর্ণিঝড়ের কারণে অনেক গাছ পড়ে গেছে।

১৯৫০ সালের শেষের দিকে যখন দিঘাকে পর্যটন কেন্দ্র করার সিদ্ধান্ত নিয়েছিল রাজ্য সরকার তখনই এই ঘন ঝাউ বন সরকারের নজরে আসে। পিন্টু ভট্টাচার্যের একটি গান তাদের অনুপ্রাণিত করেছিল: “চল না দিঘার সৈকত ছেড়ে / ঝাউ বনের ছায়ে ছায়ে”।

কিন্তু কয়েক বছর ধরে, ঝড় ও চুরির কারণে অনেকগুলি এলাকায় এই ঝাউ বন ক্রমশ হ্রাস পেয়েছে। মুখ্যমন্ত্রী মমতা বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়ের নির্দেশে দীঘা-শঙ্করপুর উন্নয়ন কর্তৃপক্ষ সমুদ্র তটের গৌরব পুনরুদ্ধারের জন্য প্রতিবছর এক লাখ ঝাউ গাছ লাগানোর সিদ্ধান্ত নিয়েছে। দীঘা থেকে মন্দারমণি পর্যন্ত ২০ কিমি উপকূল এলাকার উন্নয়ন করতে চায় রাজ্য সরকার।

 

Work on to make Digha more attractive tourist destination: WB CM

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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said that the beach town Digha and its surrounding areas would soon appear as beautiful tourist attraction with the agencies working on it to give it a shape.

WB CM, who arrived here on Monday evening, walked along the beach, visited various spots and held an administrative meeting today with the officials in the district and local civic bodies to discuss about the development of this beach town as part of the coastal area development plan.

The chief minister also launched the helicopter service from Digha to Kolkata today before returning to Kolkata by helicopter.

The new helipad at Digha would allow chopper rides from Kolkata to Digha. Alongside a chopper ride, there would also be a ropeway launched at Amarbati Park in Digha for tourists.

The ropeway will move along the Lake in Amarabati Park. The length of the ropeway has been estimated to be of 150 to 200 meters and tourists would also be able to get a larger view of Digha from the ropeway.

The Government is in touch with the coastal zone authorities to work out the modalities of the bigger ropeway project, which would move over the beach between Old and New Digha.

The state government has been working to develop the coastal areas of Digha, Shankarpur, Tajpur and Mandarmani as attractive tourist destinations.

The chief minister also directed the officials in the district and local civic bodies to ensure that the roads were maintained, beaches kept clean, beautification schemes undertaken and solid waste management programme kept in place.

The Digha-Shankarpur Development Authority (DSDA) has already taken up overall civic infrastructure development of the entire area.

New tourist attractions at Digha

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West Bengal Chief Minister Ms Mamata Banerjee is going to unveil several new tourist attractions in Digha that would add to the appeal of this beach-town.

WB CM will inaugurate the new helipad at Digha which will facilitate chopper rides from Kolkata to Digha. She will also launch a ropeway for tourists at Amarabati Park in Digha.

The ropeway will move along the Lake in Amarabati Park. The length of the ropeway has been estimated to be of 150 to 200 meters and tourists will also be able to get a larger view of Digha from the ropeway.

The Government is in touch with the coastal zone authorities to work out the modalities of the bigger ropeway project, which will move over the beach between Old and New Digha.

Following Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s instructions, the state government has been working to develop the coastal areas of Digha, Shankarpur, Tajpur and Mandarmani as attractive tourist destinations. The Digha-Shankarpur Development Authority (DSDA) was working at sprucing up the overall civic infrastructure of the area like setting up roads, keeping the beaches clean, revamping the drainage system and having a solid waste management programme in place. A beautification programme was also undertaken.