Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Prakash Javadekar chaired 37th General Body meeting of Central Zoo Authority granted recognition to two new zoos one the Rajgir Zoo Safari in Nalanda, Bihar and Shaheed Ashfaque Ullah Khan Prani Udyaan in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh.
Minister praised the excellent progress in the development of 10 year vision plan for the up-gradation of 15 select zoos in the country to global standards which is hoped to ‘twin’ top Indian and foreign zoos and also bring in the corporate sector to invest in modernization as part of this project. To take this agenda forward an investors summit is to happen next year, informed the minister.
Rajgir Zoo Safari, in the eastern state of Bihar is established exclusively comprising on only safari enclosures which, on contrary to conventional enclosure, offer larger space for captive animals. Five safari enclosures and a walk-in proposed in the zoo. The zoo proposes to house Lion, Bear, Tiger, Leopard and a mixed safari of common herbivore species such as Spotted Deer, Sambar among others. Shaheed Ashfaque Ullah Khan Prani Udyaan, Gorakhpur, U.P Bihar features enclosures for a range of birds, herbivores and carnivores. The zoo aims to create awareness through naturalistic enclosures and create long-lasting visitor experience through state-of-the-art visitor facilities like 4D Theatre, battery-operated train and accessibility to Divyangjan.
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