October - 2019 VANA PREMI LIfe Time Subscription - Rs. 5000/-Yearly Subscription - Rs. 400/- Single Copy Rs. 40/- Vol .20 OCTOBER - 2019 No.10 Special Issue on Wildlife Photo by Sri Narahai Kanike with thanks Zitting cisticola (streaked fantail warbler) 1 JOURNAL OF THE ASSOCIATION OF RETIRED FOREST OFFICERS TELANGANA & ANDHRA PRADESH Website : www.vanapremi.com October - 2019 VANA PREMI TELANGANA STATE FOREST DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION LTD. ● A fully owned, financially well managed State Government Company. Raising massive plantations to cater to the needs of the wood based industries. ● Watershed approach adopted for raising plantations, to make them ecologically sustainable, socially acceptable and commercially viable, with the long term goal to improve the site quality of plantation areas. ● Large grower of about 25,166.11 Ha of Eucalyptus clonal plantations. Bamboo also grown as an important crop over 8,065.94 Ha. ● The TSFDC has also taken up the challenging task of Eco-Tourism development in the State. Already open to public – Hyderabad Botanical Garden, Pala Pitta Cycling Park near Hi-Tech City, Madhapur, Mahavir Nischal Van Eco-Tourism Centre, Vanasthalipuram, JLTC Shamirpet Deer Park and Mrugavani National Park at Chilkur attracting increasing number of visitors. ● Two Eco-Tourism Projects in the back water of Nagarjunasagar and near Kawal Tiger Reserve are in the pipe line. ● TSFDC is also developing Urban Parks in Lalgadi Malakpet RF Block, Thumukunta & Shamirpet RF Cluster and Gowdelli RF, PC Kalan & PC Khurd Cluster Vice Chairman & Managing Director T.S. Forest Development Corporation Ltd., 3rd Floor, UNI Building, A.C. Guards, Hyderabad - 500004. Telephone Nos. 040-23395750/23392652 Fax: 040-23326420 Email:
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