By Indo
Asian News Service | IANS – Sun, Nov 29, 2015
Thiruvananthapuram,
Nov 29 (IANS) Impressed by the 70-feet tall bird sculpture here that attracts
numerous visitors, a visiting top Dubai Tourism official said he wants to build
a similar structure of the national bird of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) - a
falcon - in Dubai.
Majid
Al Marri, director stakeholder relations, Dubai Corporation for Tourism and
Commerce, his team and Chief Minister Oommen Chandy on Saturday conducted an
hour-long helicopter tour of the capital city.
He
said he was amazed by the imposing Jatayu Nature Park, spread across an area of
65 acres, which houses the sculpture of the mythical bird Jatayu.
Marri
later told IANS that they wish to built a similar structure - in Dubai - of the
Falcon which is their national bird.
"A
similar structure based on the falcon - our national bird - would be good in
Dubai. We are returning in February and by then we will have more pictures of
this," said Marri.
Award-winning
filmmaker and sculptor Rajiv Anchal started working on the project a decade
back and is likely to finish it by early next year.
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