Deccan Chronicle 27.07.2013
VUDA main park to display jail history
Visakhapatnam: Vuda
vice-chairman Dr N. Yuvaraj directed officials to gather all
information about the old central jail to display it in the YSR Vuda
Central Park coming up on its premises.
He was reviewing
the progress of park works with the engineering and forest officials
here on Thursday. The vice-chairman underlined the need to preserve the
history of the old jail as it has a history of more than 100 years.
The
information regarding the jail, he said, could evoke curiosity among
the visitors and general public. The important happenings in the jail,
if put on display, will become another attraction in the park, Yuvaraj
said.
He told officials to gather photographs, history and
information on great personalities jailed in the central prison and keep
them on display at Vuda office till the park takes shape and then shift
it to the park.
Yuvaraj directed engineers to focus on completion
of works for which tenders have already been finalised as per the
schedule. Further, he instructed them to finalise the proposals and
plans for works yet to be taken up.
He asked forest officials to take up plantation activity and develop greenery on the premises to make the place eco-rich.
Plantation
along the jogging and cycling tracks, pathways and other identified
locations has to be taken up immediately as the rainy season is still
on, he said.