Time machine for Vizag science city

By SNV Sudhir

Visakhapatnam, June 27, 2013: One would have watched the Time Machine in a popular Telugu flick of 90s in awe and if all goes as planned Vizag will soon have a science city on the lines of Kolkata, Jalandhar and Ahmedabad which boast of having such machine among other attractions.

But this machine would not take you to the future or past like the movie’s time machine, but it will take visitors on a thrilling space voyage past planets and asteroids in the solar system, the mysteries of the universe, into the vicinity of a black hole, or a supernova or back to the days of pyramids.

VUDA had already identified 30 acres of land in Kapuluppada for the Science City and sent proposals for in-principle approvals from the concerned authorities.

The facility will be constructed on a cost-sharing basis of 40:60 percent by the state and union governments. But it will be run and maintained by National Council of Science Museums, the apex body of science museums and centres in India.

The Science City complex at Kolkata, apart from comprising a Space Odyssey, Dynamotion, Evolution Theme Park, Maritime Centre and a Science Park hosts interactive exhibits on science and technology for both education and entertainment of the visitors.

“The members of the approval committee had wanted to see the available land with the help of Google maps for setting up Science City and we have sent the requirements to them. The committee is expected to meet in the first week of July and after we get the in-principle approval, the work will progress further. Simultaneously a Detailed Project Report (DPR) is also being readied,” VUDA vice chairman, Dr N. Yuvaraj told this correspondent.