LUCKNOW: There could finally be good news for the EtawahLion Safari next month. The state government plans to inaugurate the park, the dream project of former chief minister Akhilesh Yadav, worth Rs 150 crore, in the first week of October which is celebrated as Wildlife Week.
Lying in doldrums since November 2016, the authorities are working on price of ticket and other facilities that would be offered to visitors in the safari.Chief Wildlife Warden (CWW), UP, Sunil Pandey said the forest department would send a proposal to the state government to inaugurate the safari.
“Deer and antelope safaris are ready. We would propose to throw open the facilities to people,” said the official.
Lion safari in Etawah is a 350-hectare area. Besides, a safari and a breeding centre for lions, safaris for deer, antelope, bear and leopards were also a part of the project. Deer and antelope safaris were completed in 2016.
While the 150 hectare of it has safaris, it’s also the first in the country to have a lion breeding centre set up with an aim to develop a research facility on Asiatic lions.
Though visitors may have to wait for lion safari as CZA has fixed 10 cubs as the minimum strength for the safari and the place, at present, has only six cubs, the facilities that are ready like a 3D theatre would be inaugurated. Bear and leopard safaris may be the added attractions in the days to come.
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