Hemalkasa is in Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra.
Understand
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Hemalkasa is famous for Lok Biradari Prakalp, a community project by Dr. Prakash Amte, a Magsaysay Award winner. The project includes a hospital and school for children of tribal people and also an orphanage-cum-hospital for wild animals.
The region is affected by left-wing naxalite activity and due care should be taken.
Get in
[edit]Hemalkasa is located in remote parts of Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra. Nearest airport is Nagpur. One can take a bus from Nagpur to Gadchiroli, another bus from Gadchiroli to Aheri and from Aheri to Bhamragad. Hemalkasa is around 65 km from Aheri, just before Bhamragad.
Get around
[edit]See
[edit]- Lok Biradari Prakalp. Scial project of the Maharogi Sewa Samiti, Warora involving a hospital, a school and an animal orphanage.
Do
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[edit]- Handicraft items.
- Books about the project.
Eat
[edit]There is a family restaurant near Lok Biradari Prakalp. One can even go to Bhamragad where they can find another restaurants.
Drink
[edit]Drinking is prohibited in the whole Gadchiroli district.
Sleep
[edit]Connect
[edit]The region has very poor connectivity. As of 2019, only BSNL network works.
Go next
[edit]Bhamragad is a tehsil town very close from Bhamragad. There is a confluence of three rivers - Indravati River and its two tributaries - near Bhamragad.