Saturday, January 12, 2013 - Islamabad—The Capital Development Authority on Friday inaugurated a hiking trail having exclusive features, including track for mountain bikes, smooth surface for senior citizens and bird watching
facility in the surrounding. The facility was inaugurated by Minister
for Information and Broadcasting Qamar Zaman Kaira in a ceremony held at
the north of Faisal Masjid, from where the trail starts.
The four-kilometre trail passes through the Kavani Valley and touches Chak Jabbi on the hilltop. This is the sixth trail opened in the Federal Capital. The existing five hiking trails are Trail-I, Trail-II, Trail- III, Trail-IV and Trail-V.
“It is the first track where the mountain bikers have also been provided access. Bird watching facility at the entrance of the trail is an added beauty,” said CDA Chairman Syed Tahir Shahbaz, while addressing the inauguration ceremony.
He said the project cost no penny from the CDA’s kitty as the expenses had been borne by the private partners, including the Premier Oil and the Himalayan Wildlife Foundation.
He said the CDA had only provided its workforce that worked for around two months on the project.
He said that the Trail-6 was unique as its surface was not uneven and bouncy and the visitors, including families and senior citizens, would easily mount to the hills.
He said that the CDA had also established sit-out areas on the track so that the hikers might rest there.
The four-kilometre trail passes through the Kavani Valley and touches Chak Jabbi on the hilltop. This is the sixth trail opened in the Federal Capital. The existing five hiking trails are Trail-I, Trail-II, Trail- III, Trail-IV and Trail-V.
“It is the first track where the mountain bikers have also been provided access. Bird watching facility at the entrance of the trail is an added beauty,” said CDA Chairman Syed Tahir Shahbaz, while addressing the inauguration ceremony.
He said the project cost no penny from the CDA’s kitty as the expenses had been borne by the private partners, including the Premier Oil and the Himalayan Wildlife Foundation.
He said the CDA had only provided its workforce that worked for around two months on the project.
He said that the Trail-6 was unique as its surface was not uneven and bouncy and the visitors, including families and senior citizens, would easily mount to the hills.
He said that the CDA had also established sit-out areas on the track so that the hikers might rest there.
