Pabbi Forest Park, Sarai Alamgir
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Pabbi Forest Park, Sarai Alamgir
Pabbi Forest Park, is part of Rakh Pabbi Sarkar Forest, which was declared as reserved forest in 1879. The total area of the Rakh Pabbi Forest is around 38,874 acres while the elevation of its hills varies from 982 to 1,358 feet above the sea level and they are a part of Himalayan foothills.
Pabbi Forest Park, is situated along the left side of GT-Road while moving from Sarai Alamgir to Kharian.
Brief History: A Forest Officer Camping site was established during 1982 under a scheme named "Range Management Demonstration, Training & Research Project." Later on, the same was declared as Pabbi Hills Recreational Park, from October 2000. The Park remained under the control of Pakistan Army for some time, and they added some recreational facilities in the Park.
Over the course of time, it remained neglected with no interest either by visitors or the forest department to upgrade it. I visited this area in January 2015, along with Meisam Abbas (EASO Karian). Soon afterwards, I decided to upgrade this naturally landscaped park site.
A donor's conference was convened on 26th March whereby, expats of Kharian & Sarai Alamgir, pledged Rs. 2 Millions for the Pabbi Forest Park. These funds were collected & utilised by our beautification committee (Raja Muhammad Anwar, Ch. Gulzar & Tauseef Haider Shah) under personal supervision of mine.
Attractions for the Visitors:
TOURING LODGE; It was established in 1982 and has been renovated during the development of Park.
PRAYER AREA; It has been developed by Mr. Majeed Sultani, in memory of his late father.
PABBI HILLS VIEW POINT; These two points offer a panoramic view of Kharian city, and that of Green Spot.
LAKE VIEW POINT; Scope of work, includes, Canopies, stone pitching, benches etc. Here, one can enjoy the view of Lake as well as Green Spot.
GREEN SPOT; A lush green meadow on the shores of Lake. It has number of Bar B. Q stands, Canopies and seating facility for the visitors.
SUNSET VIEW PARK; this is Joyland area for kids and families. Here about 20 playing gadgets including swings, slides and seasaws have been installed.
WALKING & JOGGING TRACK; A nature trail of 1 km that leads to the old Bani Bangla Railway Station.
This park has been completed and opened to public without any entry fee. In addition, Parks & Hoticulture Society of Sarai Alamgir, would be registered that would join hands with the Tehsil administration for maintenance of this park in future. It would be inaugurated in next month.
Finally, I pay a heartfelt tribute to all those who contributed for development of this Park.
Regards,
Muhammad Shoaib Nissoana.
Assistant Commissioner, Sarai Alamgir.
For Details Visit our Facebook Page;
https://m.facebook.com/pabbi.forest.park
Pabbi Forest Park, is part of Rakh Pabbi Sarkar Forest, which was declared as reserved forest in 1879. The total area of the Rakh Pabbi Forest is around 38,874 acres while the elevation of its hills varies from 982 to 1,358 feet above the sea level and they are a part of Himalayan foothills.
Pabbi Forest Park, is situated along the left side of GT-Road while moving from Sarai Alamgir to Kharian.
Brief History: A Forest Officer Camping site was established during 1982 under a scheme named "Range Management Demonstration, Training & Research Project." Later on, the same was declared as Pabbi Hills Recreational Park, from October 2000. The Park remained under the control of Pakistan Army for some time, and they added some recreational facilities in the Park.
Over the course of time, it remained neglected with no interest either by visitors or the forest department to upgrade it. I visited this area in January 2015, along with Meisam Abbas (EASO Karian). Soon afterwards, I decided to upgrade this naturally landscaped park site.
A donor's conference was convened on 26th March whereby, expats of Kharian & Sarai Alamgir, pledged Rs. 2 Millions for the Pabbi Forest Park. These funds were collected & utilised by our beautification committee (Raja Muhammad Anwar, Ch. Gulzar & Tauseef Haider Shah) under personal supervision of mine.
Attractions for the Visitors:
TOURING LODGE; It was established in 1982 and has been renovated during the development of Park.
PRAYER AREA; It has been developed by Mr. Majeed Sultani, in memory of his late father.
PABBI HILLS VIEW POINT; These two points offer a panoramic view of Kharian city, and that of Green Spot.
LAKE VIEW POINT; Scope of work, includes, Canopies, stone pitching, benches etc. Here, one can enjoy the view of Lake as well as Green Spot.
GREEN SPOT; A lush green meadow on the shores of Lake. It has number of Bar B. Q stands, Canopies and seating facility for the visitors.
SUNSET VIEW PARK; this is Joyland area for kids and families. Here about 20 playing gadgets including swings, slides and seasaws have been installed.
WALKING & JOGGING TRACK; A nature trail of 1 km that leads to the old Bani Bangla Railway Station.
This park has been completed and opened to public without any entry fee. In addition, Parks & Hoticulture Society of Sarai Alamgir, would be registered that would join hands with the Tehsil administration for maintenance of this park in future. It would be inaugurated in next month.
Finally, I pay a heartfelt tribute to all those who contributed for development of this Park.
Regards,
Muhammad Shoaib Nissoana.
Assistant Commissioner, Sarai Alamgir.
For Details Visit our Facebook Page;
https://m.facebook.com/pabbi.forest.park