HISTORY OF LIONS SAFARI PARK

Since 1984 Lions Safari Park, on Southern Avenue spreading over a landscape of over 9.5 Acres in the precinct of Rabindra Sarobar, having been developed and being maintained through a Trust ('North Calcutta Lions Safari Park Trust') under the auspices of Calcutta Improvement Trust (CIT). At the call of CIT to the Lions District 322B, to lay out a park with provisions for birds' sanctuary, animal etc., on the landscape that was then under clutch of anti-socials during dark, Lions Club of North Calcutta took the challenge with a mission to transform it as a peaceful area, preserving greenery, providing unhindered nature for a healthy living and gradually turned it to a decent park named 'Lions Safari Park'.

It is decidedly the most preferred green belt to the morning/evening walkers as well as to the children of the neighbourhood and extremely popular to nature loving people. Throughout the span of over three decades since 1984, after transforming the area as a park, each year the club carried out development works by constructing/ installing walking tracks, acupressure tracks, children corners with exercise and play tools, meditation rooms, yoga sheds, Senior citizen corner, rabbit shelter, dancing fountain, cemented benches, boundary wall all over, irrigation system, public toilets, cold filtered drinking water etc., spending about Rs. 1.5 - 2 Crore by way of sponsorship and donations from benevolent donors and well- wishers. The environmental project is to preserve greenery and provide unhindered nature for a healthy leaving with facilities for Yoga for men and women and playground for children and also for birdwatchers / birder as rare and colourful birds are seen here during bird migration. It is extremely popular to nature loving people and children.

History Of Lions Vocational Training Centre

In 1978 Lions Vocational Training Centre in Manicktola, North Calcutta, initially was started at the residence of Past President Late Lion R. N. Bagchi at Raja Dinendra Street and further extended at 93/1, Garpar Road, Kolkata. The increasing demand led the Club to shift the facility from Raja Dinendra Street to a larger space nearby at 13/1, Yogi Para Main Road in 2004-05.

It had been the first of its kind Centre in the locality imparting training in multi-disciplinary skills ranging from 'Embroidery-Tailoring-Knitting' to 'Computer Education' to 'Spoken English' under one roof.

Annually the Centre trains 100-125 girl students on 'Embroidery-Tailoring-Knitting', about 200 boys and girls in Computer learning and about 120 students in 'Spoken English' courses. Presently the establishment at Yogi Para has been made entirely air-conditioned.

Vocational Training Centre in North Calcutta serves the major task of empowering the youth through self-employment training providing them with self-confidence and become self-reliant, thus turning the wheels of a major social upliftment.