Visitors can look forward to seeing a couple of elephant calves at
the zoo soon. The Public Works Department will soon begin renovating the
old elephant enclosure. Work will begin this week, zoo superintendent
T.V. Anil Kumar said.
There has been no elephant at the zoo since
the last one, Maheswari, an albino, died in 2015. Visitors often ask if
the zoo has elephants, and Minister for Forest K. Raju had announced
also plans to procure an elephant.
Approval papers for bringing
giraffe, zebra, white lion, and jaguar from Africa are expected soon.
The PWD has given final estimates for work on the enclosures for the
giraffe and zebra. Raja, the lone giraffe at the zoo, had died in 2009,
and Sita, the zebra, last year.
Work on the gaur enclosure is
nearing completion. The porcupines at the zoo too are getting a new
enclosure. The zoo also plans to bring hornbill and tortoise from the
Nagaland zoo and common langur and some pheasants from Darjeeling. After
the African white lions arrive, plans to get Asiatic lions from the
Hyderabad zoo too will get a push.
A few infrastructural works at
the zoo are expected to be completed soon. These include the aquarium
and food court for children. Work on the zoo interpretation centre will
get under way soon. It has been entrusted to Hindustan Prefab Ltd. Work
for the exotic birds aviary has been tendered. Site for starting another
vermicomposting unit on the zoo premises has been cleared, and work
will begin soon.
Steps to build green enclosures in association
with the Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical Botanical Garden and Research
Institute will also get under way once the rains arrive.
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