Nagpur. The city’s most beautiful and largest Ambajari garden has been locked for the last 3-4 months. The common citizens of the city are not aware of this. They come from remote areas of the city to visit here with family and children, but have to return disappointed. Even after coming by cab or taxi after spending money, they do not get to go inside the park. The faces of the children become sad.
Seeing the closed garden, their enthusiasm and happiness vanishes. They sit outside the gate for some time and then head towards some other garden. Parents also get upset. For the salvation of this park, the Municipal Corporation had earlier handed over it to MTDC, but when MTDC did not do any work, it came to the responsibility of the Municipal Corporation. Even the officials of the Horticulture Department are not able to tell when it will be opened for the general public. NL Savarkar, general secretary of Jansamsya Nivaran Sangharsh Samiti, alleged that the park has been closed keeping the public in the dark.
Opens for morning walk only
Savarkar told that it is being opened only for morning walk from 5.30 am to 7.30 am. Earlier, tickets were allowed to go inside for the remaining time. Due to this, the Municipality used to get a lot of income. Now it has been closed for the last 2-3 years. Income has also stopped. People’s representatives are misleading the public and the Municipal Corporation is not worried about it. Children coming here do not get to go inside. People keep coming every day after spending money from far and wide and have to return disappointed. Prabhakar Marpakwar, President of Sangharsh Samiti, Working President VP Deshmukh and office bearers and citizens have demanded to open the park at the earliest so that the citizens of the city can enjoy walking and playing in the garden full of natural beauty situated on the banks of the lake.
spend time around the gate
People keep coming here from morning till evening but they get disappointed seeing the garden closed. Most of the young couples and college kids come during the day time. If the garden is closed, then spend time sitting in the surrounding places. Let us inform that during the then BJP government, there was a plan to develop this garden on the lines of Anand Sagar of Shegaon. Some land of the park was given to MTDC but no work progressed. There was a time when boating used to take place here on the lake. Various types of swings were also installed in the park on the banks of the lake for the entertainment of children and elders. There was also arrangement for restaurant etc. for catering. Now this park itself has been locked.