Nicco park
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| Location | Salt Lake City, Kolkata |
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| Coordinates | 22°34′16.26″N 88°25′17.79″E / 22.5711833°N 88.4216083°ECoordinates: 22°34′16.26″N 88°25′17.79″E / 22.5711833°N 88.4216083°E |
| Theme | Amusement park |
| Owner | Joint sector company between Nicco and Government of West Bengal |
| Operated by | Nicco Parks and Resorts Limited (NPRL) |
| General Manager | Rahul Mitra |
| Opened | 13 October 1991 |
| Operating season | 364 days (except Holi) |
| Visitors per annum | 1.5 million |
| Area | 40 acres (0.16 km2) |
| Website | Official website |
Nicco Park is an amusement park in India, located in Salt Lake City, Kolkata. The park was created to attract tourists to the state by providing family-friendly recreation as well as educative entertainment. Nicco Park opened on 13 October 1991, and has since been referred to as the Disneyland of West Bengal. Presently, the 40 acre park is home to over 35 different attractions and has served over 24 million customers. Nicco Park also provides a "green" environment.
The concept of an amusement park in Kolkata began with the 300th year anniversary of the recorded founding of Kolkata (then Calcutta). While planning was under way for the tricentennial celebrations by the ruling State Government, Rajive Kaul, the current Chairman of Nicco Group, was in the US on a family holiday to Disneyland. As per the story, when Kaul returned, there was an inquiry as to why he left for America when he was very much required back home for the planning process. Supposedly, Rajive replied, "I'd gone to see if I could create a Disneyland here." What at first seemed to be just an excuse to justify his absence actually materialized to a joint venture with the West Bengal government.
After the inception of the idea, the Government of West Bengal along with the Rajive Kaul followed through with their commitment to build an amusement park in Kolkata. They set up the company Nicco Parks & Resorts Ltd. (NPRL) which was a Joint Sector Company between National Insulated Cable Corporation Ltd. (now, Nicco Corporation Ltd.) representing the private sector and the Government of West Bengal represented by West Bengal Industrial Development Corporation Limited (WBIDC) and West Bengal Tourism Development Corporation Limited (WBTDC) on 17 March 1989. The Certificate of Commencement of Business was obtained on 31 March 1989. The primary function of the company was to construct an amusement part in the outskirts of Kolkata, which would be owned and maintained by Nicco Parks and Resorts Limited (NPRL). The project had additional input in the form of technical advice from Blackpool Leisure & Amusement Consultancy Ltd., U.K.
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