Rs 2 crore sought for building infrastructure in Tiruchi zoo
With the completion of the compound wall around the proposed zoological park at M.R. Palayam near here , the Forest Department has sought funds for creating infrastructure inside the “medium” zoo in the current fiscal.
A proposal has been sent to the Chief Wildlife Warden, Chennai, seeking Rs. 2 crore for execution of various works inside the proposed zoo coming up in the sprawling reserve forest abutting the Tiruchi–Chennai national highway.
The department has planned to construct two check dams, lay four-km road inside the zoo , construct the zoo director office, administration office and an arch at the entrance once the funds were sanctioned.
Plans were also afoot to erect enclosures to house the animals.
Forest Department officials said the foremost work of building a compound wall with ‘chain link fencing' along five km of the zoo boundary was over with funds sanctioned by the State government and the Central Zoo Authority (CZA), an autonomous statutory body under the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests.
The compound wall work was executed at a cost of Rs. 81 lakh funded equally by the CZA and the State government.
The zoo will come up in a sprawling 300 acres inside the M.R. Palayam reserve forest area which belongs to the Forest Department.
It will house over 500 animals and birds of over 30 species, including spotted deer, hyena, Indian gaur, panther, fox, jaguar, aquatic birds and swamp birds, fox and reptiles. Other facilities proposed inside the zoo include a veterinary hospital, isolation ward to treat resident animals, parking lot, solid waste treatment plant and a restaurant.
Elephant rescue centre
A senior official said tenders would be floated shortly for the construction of a boundary wall around the Elephant Rehabilitation and Rescue Centre which will come up at M.R. Palayam close to the proposed zoo.
Forest officials from Tiruchi recently visited the Arignar Anna Zoological Park at Vandalur near Chennai to collect information on rearing of elephants and design of elephant shelters.
The facility will come up at a cost of Rs. 1.25 crore. The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests has already released Rs. 90 lakh as first instalment for the establishment of the centre.
A proposal has been sent to the Chief Wildlife Warden, Chennai, seeking Rs. 2 crore for execution of various works inside the proposed zoo coming up in the sprawling reserve forest abutting the Tiruchi–Chennai national highway.
The department has planned to construct two check dams, lay four-km road inside the zoo , construct the zoo director office, administration office and an arch at the entrance once the funds were sanctioned.
Plans were also afoot to erect enclosures to house the animals.
Forest Department officials said the foremost work of building a compound wall with ‘chain link fencing' along five km of the zoo boundary was over with funds sanctioned by the State government and the Central Zoo Authority (CZA), an autonomous statutory body under the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests.
The compound wall work was executed at a cost of Rs. 81 lakh funded equally by the CZA and the State government.
The zoo will come up in a sprawling 300 acres inside the M.R. Palayam reserve forest area which belongs to the Forest Department.
It will house over 500 animals and birds of over 30 species, including spotted deer, hyena, Indian gaur, panther, fox, jaguar, aquatic birds and swamp birds, fox and reptiles. Other facilities proposed inside the zoo include a veterinary hospital, isolation ward to treat resident animals, parking lot, solid waste treatment plant and a restaurant.
Elephant rescue centre
A senior official said tenders would be floated shortly for the construction of a boundary wall around the Elephant Rehabilitation and Rescue Centre which will come up at M.R. Palayam close to the proposed zoo.
Forest officials from Tiruchi recently visited the Arignar Anna Zoological Park at Vandalur near Chennai to collect information on rearing of elephants and design of elephant shelters.
The facility will come up at a cost of Rs. 1.25 crore. The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests has already released Rs. 90 lakh as first instalment for the establishment of the centre.
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