Wednesday 26 February 2014

Bamboo Valley
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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.


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

Wednesday 19 February 2014

Chandigarh Golf Club
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Chandigarh Golf Club is an exclusive private members only golf club in Chandigarh, India. It has a 7,202 yard, 18 hole course known for its challenging narrow fairways, a long 613 yard long, dogleg 7th hole and floodlighting on the first nine holes...



Chandigarh Golf Club was was laid out in 1962 and is located just south of Sukhna Lake and adjacent to the residence of the Punjab Governor in Sector 6. Chandigarh. India.7,202-yard, 18 holes, par-72 course is known for its tight fairways, which are lined by thick mango, jamun, eucalyptus and kikar orchards trees and thick roughs. There are quite a few dogleg holes here, but none gives the players a chance to take the shortcut as tall trees almost always guard the corners. The Club also possesses one of the longest par-5s in India, the seventh hole, which measures 613 yards

gym
 night view
 pool

In addition there is a Tea Terrace service for Golfers. The Gazebos at the 1st and 10th Tee cater purely to golfers during their game.The main Club building also houses the Offices, Changing and Locker rooms and a basic Pro shop



  • Address: Sec6, Near Punjab Bhawan., Chandigarh, 160019
  • Phone: 0172 274 1020
  • Hours: 
    10:00 am – 8:00 pm
  • Government Museum and Art Gallery, Chandigarh
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  • The Government Museum and Art Gallery, Chandigarh is an art gallery in the Indian Union Territory Chandigarh, located in the city of Chandigarh



  • The Government Museum and Art Gallery, Chandigarh, owes its existence to the partition of the country in August,1947. It is one of the premier institution of India with a very rich collection of Gandharan sculptures, Pahari and Rajasthani miniature paintings. Before the partition in 1947, the collection of art objects, paintings, sculptures and decorative arts, were housed in the Central Museum, Lahore the then capital of Punjab.



  • The Natural History Museum
    in 2001, in a landmark decision , the existing museum of Evolution of Life was upgraded to its present status as the Natural History Museum with five major sections:
    • Cyclorama of Evolution of Life
    • Nature in Art section
    • Manuscript section
    • Evolution of Man section
    • Dinosaurs of India section
  • Address: Jan Marg, Sector 10 C, Chandigarh, 160011
  • Hours: 
    Open 24 hours
  • Phone: 0172 274 0261
  • Architect: Le Corbusier