Chief Minister Inaugurates month long Jal Mahotsav - Hanuwantiya
by Shrutee K/DNS
Chief minister Shri
Kamalnath Singh inaugurated the month-long fourth Jal Mahotsav (aqua festival)
amidst fanfare at Hanuvntiya island on the back water of Indira Sagar dam in MP’s
Khandwa district on Thursday. Various land and water adventurous
activities were held on the opening day of the festival. The sky was filled
with cololurful kites and tourists enjoyed the para motor ride, water para
sailing, water jorbing and other activities.
This year the event will
serve as a perfect platform to experience the life, culture, colourful customs
and rich traditions of Madhya Pradesh through local art, craft, folk music,
dance and cuisines. ‘Jal Mahotsav’ will offer sports and nature enthusiasts, a
plethora of adventurous activities to rejoice and to create memories with Hot
Air Ballooning, Cycling, Cruise Boating, Water Parasailing, Para Motoring,
Island Overnight Camping, Star Gazing, Bird Watching to name a few.
As part of security measures, all
activities at the complex were being monitored by drone-controlled aerial
videography.
Highlights
A one-month long festival of Adventure
activities, Arts & Crafts, Music, Food, Nature and many more.
A Tent city in approx. 17 acres of land
comprising of 104 Luxury Swiss tents and multi cuisine dining will be
functional from 20th December 2019.
Conference facility which will facilitate
big corporate conferences and destination weddings has been developed.
Island Activities will be available for
Adventure loving people (Camping, Bird Watching, Trekking etc.)
More Adventure activities on Land, Water
& Air.
Jal Mahotsav has been
awarded most innovative/Unique tourism product 2015-16 by Government of India,
Ministry of Tourism in the year 2017.
Towards
the clarion call on ‘green and clean’ energy by the government, festivals like
‘Jal Mahotsav’ may also promote awareness workshops on natural resource
conservation, innovative communication campaigns on government schemes such as
‘Swachh Bharat’ and rich handicrafts from the state. The government engages
with native artisans, dancers and people specialists through dances, popular
music genre and cultural, crafts, giving cultural delight to travellers and
audience, alike. These festivals are encouraging examples of public private
community partnerships and have the potential to add to biodiversity,
livelihoods through local activities like fisheries, offering homestays, &
showcasing local Arts, Craft, Culture & Cuisine to the visitors during the
‘Jal Mahotsav”.
Previous
editions of “Jal Mahotsav”
1st
edition of “Jal Mahotsav” was organized from 12th to 21st
Feb. 2016 (10 days)
2nd
edition of “Jal Mahotsav” was organized from 15th Dec. 2016 to 15th
Jan. 2017 (32 Days).
3rd
edition of “Jal Mahotsav” was organized from 15th Oct. 2017 to 02nd
Jan 2018 (80 Days).
All the
three editions were inaugurated by the Honorable Chief Minister of Madhya
Pradesh.
Situated about 150 km from Indore and
50 km from Khandwa, Hanuwantia was all decked up to welcome tourists and the
entire sports complex was decorated with colourful buntings.
“Hanuwantiya”
is an amazing, unbelievable place at the bank of “Indira Sagar Dam. It is a
virgin and unknown hamlet with a huge reservoir (approx. 95 sq. kms.). A resort
has been developed by the Madhya Pradesh Tourism Department to kick start this
destination. Indira Sagar Lake has over 90 islands with rich biodiversity.
These islands are accessible by speed boat.
About Madhya Pradesh Tourism: Since more than four decades Madhya Pradesh Tourism is facilitating
high standard travel services for travellers visiting Central India for
Tourism. Madhya Pradesh is an important state of Central India with an enormous
scope for tourism, covering all types of tourism like heritage tourism,
wildlife tourism, cultural tourism, pilgrimage, tribal tourism, rural tourism, etc.
Their sincere efforts to manifest such aspect of Central India tourism to rest
of the world so that tourists can come and explore Central India tourist
places, trace their history, enjoy their holidays and return with beautiful
happy memories is the USP.
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