coimbatore the city corporation plans to set up two ecoparks at voc park and veerakeralam a corporation engineer said the parks will have all the modern amenities and facilities use of renewable energy and smart technology would be the highlight of the park also we will set up artificially lighted optic fibre trees and plants that would glow in the night the civic body had earlier planned to convert gandhi park and voc park into ecoparks since gandhi park was part of the smart city initiative and also had been taken up by ngos a oneacre land at veerakeralam was chosen for the new ecopark currently madurai has a sprawling ecopark that was inaugurated in september 2012 the park has been set up on 55acre and has computer operated artificial fountains boat house and also childrens play area it also has 124 varieties of herbal trees and plants the ecopark that we plan will also have a wide range of tree and plant species that are native to the city apart from landscaping entertainment avenues will also be set up to attract families a corporation official said based on the designs estimates would be prepared said the officialcorporation commissioner k vijaya karthikeyan said that they will soon call for tenders to set up these parks and various models that could be adopted we have already started tree banks at reserve sites where wellgrown trees instead of being cut down can be transplanted apart from this several reserve sites will be converted into ecoparks as well he said these parks are likely to have smart bins that will be computerized once bins are full message will automatically be sent to the sanitary officers and health officers who will get it cleared within a few hours said an official there will be serial lights and all the trees will be artificially illuminated to make them attractive the parks will also be inclusive and have platforms and ramps to make it disabledfriendly we will soon prepare a detailed project report for these parks and send a proposal to the government he said