President entertained questions from visitors, specially the children, and when asked "why did you not marry" his reply "I never had time for it" was received with all around laughter.
Preserved in situ and tagged with his name plate, it still awaits the return of India's now-deceased popular President Kalam.
[2] The park, spread on 184 acre land with resident forestry staff, is known for the sacred groves with over 400 species of ayurvedic and herbal plants.
It was developed to conserve and propagate medicinal plants in Haryana to meet the rising national and international demand and commercial potential.
[3] Park has over 400 species of medicinal plants, including tulsi (holy basil) with at least five species, hard, baheda, giloy, brahmi booti, shankhpushpi, gular, parijat / harshingar (nyctanthes arbor-tristis), rusha ghass or ginger grass), latkan, double chandani, amaryllis belladonna, lemon grass, lemon, turmeric, plumeria, sehjan, champaka, chameli, tej patta, kumkum, garlic vine, black bamboo, gond katira, nandina, vishnukanta, kaneri, van pyaj, cardamom, etc.
There are 5 air-conditioned forests cottages with ensuite bathroom, built with sustainable renewable materials, for visitors to stay overnight.
Ecologists have demanded establishment of wildlife corridor, by purchasing the land and planting the appropriate habitat, to Yamuna river bank and Kalesar National Park.
Schemes of various departments must be converged, purchase contiguous land for expansion, establish Maharana Pratap Horticultural University's research station at this park with the view to convert it to Haryana state's first "Shivalik Herbal and Wildlife University" focused on flora and fauns suitable for the geo-climatic conditions of shivalik area of Haryana.
There is demand to rename the institute after one of Haryana state's prominent well-awarded horticulture, agriculture, or wildlife scientist or expert, and the politician's statue be remodelled after some post-independence martyr of the armed forces hailing from this area.