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Introduction
Dr. Yashwant Singh Parmar University of Horticulture & Forestry.
First of its kind in Asia
spread over 550 hectares in village Nauni on the Solan-Rajgarh Road in
district Solan of Himahcal Pradesh, 15 km from Solan town, the University
was established on December 1, 1985. Considering the signal contribution
made by Dr. Y.S.Parmar, the founder and first Chief Minister of H.P,
the present Govt, rightly named the new University after him. It has a
College of Horticulture and College of Forestry, which are sub-divided
into 14 departments and are looked after by a faculty of over 200 scientists
and teachers. It offers under-graduate, post-graduate and doctoral courses
in horticulture, forestry and allied disciplines. It will act as the national
research centre for all the hill regions of the country. This University
inaugurated by Hon'ble Shri Rajiv Gandhi, Prime Minister of India on 30th
April, 1988. The State Govt. is already wedded to the
preservation of the gragile
eco-system of the Himalayas. The University will produce specialists in
forestry, conduct research in conservation technology, train forest officials
in social forestry and impartpractical training to farmers in nursery production
for agro-forestry. The University will train specialists in fruit culture,
floriculture, herbiculture and vegetable cultivation. It will conduct research
and train farmers to use improved technology in the fields, in order to
optimise their income from fruits, vegetables, flowers, medicinal and aromatic
plants, bee-keeping, mushrooms, etc.
PICNIC AND RAMBLES
Solan is the ideal spot for
picnics and long rambles into the woods, where, more often than not, is
a cool and refreshing spring. For picnickers and ideal places are Karol
Tibba and Meteol Tibba. Just a kilometre away is the Kotla Nullah providing
lovely shady spots with running water while Saproon spring and the Happy
Valley are delightful places for a ramble through fragrant pines. Solan
has not forgotten the avid angler, within a radius of 20 km [12.4 miles]
on motorable road are Mareog, Gaura and Karkanu where the river Giri flows.
It is well stocked with fish. The Himachal Agriculture College and the
Research Institute are also located in Solan. With a view to developing
Solan into a popular tourist resort the Himachal Tourism Development Corporation
has constructed well equipped Tourist Bungalow.
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