Flamingo fest at Sullurpeta from January 8

Nellore: District administration is planning to hold the unique three-day event Flamingo Festival at Sullurpeta from January 8th next year.

The administration has been organising the festival every year to mark the arrival of thousands of migratory birds, especially flamingos, to Nelapattu Birds sanctuary, widely known as their winter home.

Bird watchers and tourists throng the Sanctuary and Pulicat lake to watch flamingos hunt fish during the daytime.

The festival was planned about a decade ago to attract tourists to the sanctuary from the state and neighbouring states.

District collector N. Srikant has asked the officials to prepare an action plan to hold the festival on January 8, 9 and 10 next year during a meeting held at the Kalyana Mandapam in Chengalamma temple at Sullurpeta on Wednesday.

He said that they were appointing special officer of housing department Ravi Prakash as convener for the festival.

He directed the officials to make necessary arrangements to provide accommodation for the tourists and asked them not to repeat the mistakes committed in making arrangements earlier.

Srikant said that stalls of various government departments and cultural prorgammes would be arranged at the junior college ground at Sullurpeta during the festival.

Seminars on bio-diversity, birds and protection of Pulicat lake would also be conducted.

Boat ride will be arranged for the visitors at Bheemulavaripalem in Tada mandal.

The collector inspected the junior college ground along with ZP CEO Jitendra, DWMA project director Gowthami, tourism officer Nagabhushana, Nayudupeta RDO M.V. Ramana and Gudur DSP Chowdeswari Devi.