|
Taking into consideration the growing demand of general public about
aquarium, a beautifully arranged and well decorated separate freshwater
aquarium section has been recently developed. In this section, along
with beautiful and fancy colour fishes, one can also observe locally
available freshwater aquatic species like prawns, crabs, turtles, barbs
and aquatic plants.
The station has developed a
unique fisheries museum comprising of about 1300 nos. having important
specimens comprising fishes, crustaceans, molluscans, specimens, which
includes of freshwater, brakishwater and marine water habitat of Konkan
coast. All these specimens are identified and classified upto species
level. This museum also possess well mounted precious and age-old
skeleton of Whale. The original length of the whale being 55 feet long
and 5000 Kg in weight is strongly appreciated by everyone who visits
this station.
Every year at least 45,000 to
50,000 visitors are visiting this ‘Aquarium and Museum’. In order to
cope up with increased maintenance cost (e.g. labour, electricity, feed
etc.) the ‘Aquarium and Museum’ is opened to all with service charges
(as entry fee).
Getting There
The Aquarium and Museum is
located in Ratnagiri Municipal (in) area on west side of Ratnagiri city on
Ratnagiri – Bhagwati Mandir Road and adjacent to Mandavi Beach (also called
Gateway of Ratnagiri) at Pethkilla. It is merely, 8 km away from Ratnagiri
Railway Station and 2 km away from Ratnagiri Bus Station.
Ratnagiri is well connected by
road that makes the travel easier for the tourists. Ratnagiri is a coastal
district and the most convenient way to reach Ratnagiri town is by train.
The Konkan Railway Line passes through Ratnagiri and there are numerous
trains plying between Mumbai and Ratnagiri. From outside the railway station
local taxis are easily available.
Regular bus services are
available from most of the major cities in Maharashtra to Ratnagiri. State
owned and private buses ply from Ratnagiri to many cities in and around.
Evening trips of tourist luxury buses are available from Mumbai to
Ratnagiri. City buses and auto rickshaws are available for intra city travel
in Ratnagiri.
Ratnagiri has its own domestic airport named as
Ratnagiri Airport. Currently there are no
scheduled airlines operating at this Airport. The nearest domestic /
international airport is Goa
International Airport, located in Dabolim, roughly 258 km from Ratnagiri.
Goa International Airport is
well connected to major cities in India.
|
