LARGE INTEREST FOR VISITING RASHTRAPATI NILAYAM

Ever since the announcement that Rashtrapati Nilayam, Bolaram will be opened for public viewing from January 1 to 10, 2011 a large number of persons from the general public have evinced keen interest in visiting the building. The Rashtrapati Nilayam has been receiving a large number of enquiries in this regard.

The Rashtrapati Nilayam building was constructed by His Highness Nizam Nazir Ud Dowla in 1850 and Sir Salar Jung was the Prime Minister of Nizam Government. Bolaram was one of the military cantonments of Nizam Sarkar and the building was the residence of the chief military officer. Later, the building was occupied by the British.

After the Independence of India, the building was taken over by the Government of India in 1948 from the Nizam and since then this building has been kept for the President of India and has been named as Rashtrapati Nilayam.

The President of India Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil, as a part of her environment friendly initiatives, had recently inaugurated a Herbal Garden in the premises of Rashtrapati Nilayam. The Herbal Garden has 116 species of medicinal and aromatic plants and is intended to bring in awareness about our rich heritage and diversity and also about medicinal values of various plants that grow widely in our surroundings and are useful for home remedial cure for a variety of diseases. The premises have a number of environment friendly systems in place such as solar lights, drip irrigation system, percolation pond etc. for efficient and judicious use of natural resources and fruit gardens have also been developed on an area of about 35 acres of land.

The entry is free. The timing of the visit is between 10.00 hrs and 17.00 hrs and the visitors at the entry point will be allowed entry upto 16.00 hrs. The entry into the premises of the Rashtrapati Nilayam will be through the reception at Gate No.2. The visitors may contact, Shri P.B. Narayana Murthy, Junior Engineer, CPWD, Rahstrapati Nilayam, at Telephone No. 040-27862513 for further details.

The visitors are requested not to bring any water bottles, briefcases, handbags, radios/transistors, arms/ammunitions and eatables. Such articles, if any, will not be allowed to be carried into the premises and will have to be deposited at the entry point at the owner's risk.

This release issued at 07:00 hrs.