Nad Shama Park opens in Rashidiya

The Dh4.6 million Nad Shama Park in Rashidiya area was opened yesterday by Qassim Sultan, Director General of Dubai Municipality.

To mark the occasion, lemon tree saplings were planted by Sultan and other senior officials from the municipality as well as the General Secretariat of Municipalities.

According to Sultan, this park will cater to residents of Rashidiya and Nad Al Hamer.

Most of the ornamental plants in the park were brought from The Seychelles. This park is built on a hill near the Al Ramool intersection with Nad Al Hamer and is spread over 11.6 hectares.

Dubai is working on projects to add more parks. The municipality is going to open the largest park in the emirate very soon.

"The park is divided into grassy patches, paved areas and playgrounds for children, besides four volleyball and football grounds. There are three entrances to the park."

The park has electronically controlled irrigation. It contains 37 palm trees, 156 varieties of fruit trees and about 909 local plants. The landscaping cost Dh286,850. It will be maintained by the department of horticulture and public parks.

Plants and flowers were distributed as prizes to members of the public for answering questions on agriculture asked by municipality officials. Sweets were also distributed.