OK Rajesh Ji, as chakrata is only about 240 Kms from us , we can spare a saturday and sunday for going there. people coming from distant places it is difficult to come many times.
On Sun, May 20, 2012 at 10:50 AM, Rajesh Sachdev <[email protected]>wrote: > Balkar saheb, > You , me and 30 people are already occupied for our VoF trek in August, > hence July seems to be impossible. March, I am sure I shall be able to get > leaves from my office to join in. But, still....lets see. > > > On 20 May 2012 09:50, Balkar Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Thanks Garg Ji Chitra Ji and Rajesh Ji for nice words. Rajesh Ji why in >> March 13, we are also planning again in July end this year and also in >> November this year. Hope we will be able to cover maximum flora of this >> region by 31st March 2013. Then we will start for Kumaon region and >> Himachal Pradesh >> >> >> On Sun, May 20, 2012 at 9:27 AM, Rajesh Sachdev <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Balkarsir, >>> I am also passionate about Flora of Chakrata, may not be at par with >>> you. But this part of Western Himalayas has fascinated me from 2009 and >>> onwards. I look forward to join you in March `13. >>> >>> More discussion over the phone :) >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Regards >>> Rajesh Sachdev >>> http://project-matheran.webs.com >>> https://www.facebook.com/leopardguy >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On 20 May 2012 09:01, Balkar Singh <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Dear All >>>> We reached back home on night of 18 May after an another successful >>>> visit to Chakrata region. For the information of members I wish to share >>>> some important things. >>>> Chakrata is situated in Uttarakhand State in Dehradoon District. This >>>> region is considered as a paradise of botanists due to many regions. This >>>> place is still far away from general tourists and completely out of bound >>>> for foreigners. Hotel facilities are still highly underdeveloped in the >>>> area as only 3-4 hotels are there. Even forest rest houses are situated in >>>> remote area and with lack of basic facilities like electricity, poor toilet >>>> and bath facilities, non availability of water etc. So natural vegetation >>>> is still intact and very very less plastic pollution. there are no much >>>> places to visit for general tourist. Besides all this this is the best >>>> place for nature loers. Budher is famous for beautiful butterflies. In this >>>> dry season also we could saw 2-3 dozens type of beautiful butterflies. This >>>> time we could saw many precious medicinal plants in budher and deovan area >>>> naturally like Podophyllum hexandrum (in fruiting stage), Taxus baccata, >>>> Polygonatum multiflorum (in flowering), Polygonatum verticillatum (in >>>> flowering) etc. More than two dozens of trees were also seen in flowering >>>> stage. This time we interacted with many locals there and after many >>>> discussions we reached on the conclusion that Chakrata region must be >>>> visited in the month of Feb/March (End of Feb to first week of March) then >>>> in Mid of July to end of July then in september and also in November. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Regards >>>> >>>> Dr Balkar Singh >>>> Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology >>>> Arya P G College, Panipat >>>> Haryana-132103 >>>> 09416262964 >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Regards >> >> Dr Balkar Singh >> Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology >> Arya P G College, Panipat >> Haryana-132103 >> 09416262964 >> > > > > -- > Regards > Rajesh Sachdev > http://project-matheran.webs.com > https://www.facebook.com/leopardguy > > > > -- Regards Dr Balkar Singh Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology Arya P G College, Panipat Haryana-132103 09416262964
