KANPUR: Uttar Pradesh Awas Vikas Parishad, the nodal agency for the construction and execution of Lion Safari project
in Etawah, had set a deadline of January 31 to complete the
construction work at the breeding centre and veterinary hospital besides
the main boundary wall.
Keeping in mind the fast approaching
Lok Sabha elections, the work was supposed to be completed in the last
week of January with the shifting of four pairs (four males and four
females) of Asiatic lions from Lucknow and Kanpur Zoos at the breeding
Centre of Lion Safari in Fisher Reserve Forest area but it could not do
done due to rain in the region. The work got delayed by seven to 10 days.
Officials said work on nearly 2,500 metres of the main boundary wall of
Lion Safari has now been resumed. "Rain since the first week of January
had played spoilsport. It caused waterlogging
and slush all around, which affected the work of raising the concrete
walls," said Gurmeet Singh, wildlife warden (Lion Safari), claiming that
almost 65 to 70% of the work related to the boundary wall had already
been completed.
Sources informed that top officials have asked
the authorities concerned to engage additional manpower and resources
and speed up the work which got delayed due to rain.
JCBs and
earth movers are being used and soil is removed to make deep trenches to
raise concrete walls in nearly 2.5 kms of stretch of the total 7.75 kms
around Lion Safari. During rain, the area got flooded, concreting work
cannot be done and heavy machinery cannot be moved. Work related to
welding and wiring also affected.
A senior official informed
that three dozen employees have already been roped in by the state
government to make the breeding and veterinary hospital in Lion Safari
functional.
"The functions of the Safari would be carried out
by several departments, namely, administration, animal welfare,
commissary (store), transport, research, education and awareness,
veterinary, horticulture, security and sanitation. There will be around
35 regular and contractual staff, including director, range officer, a
veterinary doctor, two wildlife warden, one laboratory assistant, two
clerks, three wildlife keepers, a biologist, who will be given the task
of education, interpretation, and research of the Safari," added another
official.
The director in the rank of conservator of forests,
will be supported by one range officer, one education officer, a
curator, besides a biologist and a forest guard. Field staff includes
three keepers, four drivers, four security guards, two gate-keepers, two
gardeners, one plumber, three sweepers, one electrician and one
operator, he added.
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