The governing body of Zoos and Parks Authority of Telangana (ZAPAT), headed by Minister for Forests and Environment Jogu Ramanna, on Saturday decided to take up modernisation of zoo parks in the State by improving facilities for visitors and increasing enclosures of fauna.
After adopting the annual plan for 2016-17, the meeting reviewed the conditions of zoos and parks in the State and decided to increase security by installing high security fencing and continuous surveillance with closed circuit television cameras.
The Nehru Zoo Park in Hyderabad would get a new battery-operated train and a huge enclosure of birds.
Arrangements would be made to view these birds through a small enclosure. Pipelines would be laid at a cost of Rs. 1.5 crore for provision of water to the animals and birds in the zoo. Steps would also be taken to modernise other zoo parks in the State. Principal Secretary B.R. Meena, Principal Chief Conservator of Forests Paresh Kumar Sharma, Wildlife Chief Warden A.K. Srivatsava, Additional PCCF Prithviraj, ZAPAT member secretary Chandrasekhar Reddy, and Nehru Zoo Park curator Shivani Dongre participated in the meeting.
