Hyderabad: The Rastrapati Nilayam at Bolarum will be opened for public viewing from January 6 to 12 between 10 am and 5 pm.
N.V. Ramana Reddy, the special secretary to the government (protocol department), said that visitors would be allowed from 10 am to 4 pm through Gate No. 2. Visitors must exit through Gate No.1. Entry passes will be given to each visitor and taken back at the exit gate. Cameras and mobile phones are allowed inside the campus.
He said that adequate number of police personnel will be deployed both inside and outside the Rashtrapati Nilayam for proper checking of visitors and to guide them. The department has installed CCTVs and has made arrangments for snacks stalls at C-II garage by local vendors. Mean-while, the AP Vaidya Vidhan Parishad has arranged for first aid facility.
The tourism department has deployed guides for the visitors. The AP medicinal plant board too has deputed officials to talk to the visitors about herbal garden.
The Rashtrapati Nilayam has been developed as an eco-friendly complex. It has a landscaped garden with different seasonal flowering plants. It was opened for the common public for the first time in 2011.
