If you have loved the gentle sway on Lakshman Jhula over the Ganga near Rishikesh in Uttarakhand, get a feel of it in Jamshedpur with the onset of monsoon.

Perched at 350 feet above sea level, the picturesque Ghorabandha Theme Park in Telco will throw open its brand new iron suspension bridge - without pillars - to people next week, making it the first such attraction in the state.

A gift to the steel city from the state forest department's Jamshedpur division, divisional forest officer (DFO) Saba Alam Ansari told this reporter on Tuesday that the 30-metre-long suspension bridge had been built over a small natural stream. Currently, safety nets on both sides of the bridge was on.

"Visitors will be excited to walk on the bridge, which hangs from around 10 metres above the ground. The bridge will sway as one steps on it. People can take a look all around the 150-hectare park from the bridge," said Ansari, who is closely monitoring the project for which the state government sanctioned Rs 1 crore last year.

It took one year to complete the hanging bridge which is made of wooden planks and iron rods.

But while the hanging bridge would definitely be the major pull, DFO Ansari said they had more plans in store to make Ghorabandha Theme Park, which currently gets 500 visitors on weekdays and 1,000 on weekends, a major tourist attraction in Kolhan.

In the next couple of months, the forest division would come up with a green subway or tunnel at the park. It also plans to come up with a water park for children and a cactus garden.

"As the park has natural hillocks, we plan to start adventure activities such as rock climbing and rappelling. We have sent a proposal in this regard to the state forest department headquarters in Ranchi. We have already identified a hillock," he said.

Currently, the theme park boasts of a hilltop fountain and a cascade or a series of small waterfalls over steep rocks, an artificial waterfall, landscaped garden, an amphitheatre and a cafeteria.