About 27.5 acres of land along the N-choe passing through Sector 23-A between Children Traffic Park & Govt. High School was lying unutilized since inception of Chandigarh. This land was full of wild growth and was oftenly used by miscreants...
This land has 15 species of trees besides bamboo groves along the seasonal choe, hence names as Bamboo Valley. The Department of Architecture and Urban Planning, U.T., Chandigarh formulated the concept of the valley which has been developed by the Engineering Department of Chandigarh Administration.
This land has 15 species of trees besides bamboo groves along the seasonal choe, hence names as Bamboo Valley. The Department of Architecture and Urban Planning, U.T., Chandigarh formulated the concept of the valley which has been developed by the Engineering Department of Chandigarh Administration.
The Bamboo Valley has a variety of rare trees which include 110 trees of Marror fail, 45 trees of Amla, 30 trees of Akash Neem, 15 trees of Silver oak, 8 trees of Inter lobium, 8 trees of Amaltas, 8 trees of Chakrassia, 7 trees of Acacia aurculiformis, 5 trees of Behra, 4 trees of Kathal, 4 trees of Mango, 2 trees of Pipa, 2 trees of Kankchampa, 2 trees of Mohagani, 2 trees of Dek..
The National Mission of Bamboo Application (NMBA) Govt. of India have evolved nation wide plan to use bamboo to create awareness in construction industry & checking the acceptability of same among general public. This technology has been used for the first time in Chandigarh. The following bamboo structures have been provided in the Bamboo Valley:
- Restaurant – It will be provided free of cost of NMBA under Govt. of India scheme.
- Five Rain shelters.
- One Milk Bar
- One Food Kiosk
A professional team has been engaged from Delhi for constructing bamboo structures.
Sector 23-A
between Children Traffic Park & Govt. High School
