Thanks Balkarji. Very interesting and useful for plant hunters.
On Oct 23, 8:14 pm, Balkar Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear All > Today Morning I returned Home from a 3 day Plant Collection Tour to Chakrata > Region. In this tour we 3 staff Members (Me, Ms Mridu and our assistant Mr > Ajmer Singh) and 31 students of Bsc 1st, 2nd and 3rd year of our college > were there. in this tour also we found about 25 new species which we could > not saw last month. I will be sharing soon them one by one. This time we > also came to know about many trekking routes of the area starting from 2.5 > kms to 42 kms long. Anybody visiting Chakrata region, seeking any help, may > contact me. The main attraction of the area are as follows. all Distances > from Chakrata Town > 1. Deovan and Herbal Nursery- By car 16 KM, Trekk - about 5 Km- For > butterflies and lots of flowers much more flowers if you go by trekking > route > 2. Budher Caves- about 26 Km Main road, 6 Kms trekk/car and then 3 Kms > meadows only by trekk- for wild flowers, birds and butterflies. Forest rest > house is there in Budher > 3. Tiger fall -18 Kms by car less than 1 kms trekk or 7 kms by car and 3 kms > by trekk at height of about 1300 mts only. flowers, butterflies and > birds. Picturesque beauty of fall total natural > 4. Mussoorie Chakrata Road; about 50 kms route very beautiful, with lots of > flowers. > 5. Yamuna Bridge near Juddo: River rafting > 6. Lakhamandal: Famous old temple where lakshagrha for pandavas were built > Thanks > > -- > Regards > > Dr Balkar Singh > Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology > Arya P G College, Panipat > Haryana-132103 > 09416262964

