The Coimbatore City Municipal Corporation (CCMC) has charted out a Rs 20-crore undertaking to give a makeover to the VOC park mini-zoo by way of merging it with the VOC park and adding several other facilities.
“Only after the facelift is given to the zoo, will we obtain a licence from the Central Zoo Authorities (CZA),” mentioned a company professional. It has been more than a 12 months because the licence of the zoo expired and it has been functioning with out one since then.
Merged below the smart city undertaking, the revised proposal was once despatched to the state govt on Tuesday and the corporation is waiting for its nod. The professional mentioned that once the undertaking were given administrative sanction, they'd soon finalise a expert to arrange the Detailed Project Report (DPR) for the revamp.
Explaining that the master plan was once already submitted to the CZA, the professional mentioned they are planning to execute it in a design, build and perform style by way of giving all the 3 tasks to a single guide.
The master layout plan is an in depth panorama map of the present zoo web page detailing the present facilities and infrastructure, and the site of the proposed developmental activities, together with animal display house, conservation breeding house and customer movement routes.
“The guide should co-ordinate and revamp the zoo as per central govt norms in order that the licence may well be got,” the professional added.
Explaining that the masterplan was once submitted in accordance with the ideas on CZA, E Senthilnathan, director of the zoo, mentioned they are planning to include new species of reptiles like chameleon, but even so an aquarium, within the zoo. There is a plan to introduce battery cars too.
“The zoo will probably be expanded to over nine.five acres after merging it with the park house this is adjoining to the zoo,” he mentioned, adding that they are but to receive the CZA approval. As soon as we get the approval, we might get started the remaining paintings, he added.
The zoo government had launched the rescued snakes and other reptiles within the forest and migrant birds within the lake about six months ago, mentioned the zoo government.
In 2016, the civic frame spent about Rs 1 crore to set up water pipelines and to fix enclosures within the zoo.
“Only after the facelift is given to the zoo, will we obtain a licence from the Central Zoo Authorities (CZA),” mentioned a company professional. It has been more than a 12 months because the licence of the zoo expired and it has been functioning with out one since then.
Merged below the smart city undertaking, the revised proposal was once despatched to the state govt on Tuesday and the corporation is waiting for its nod. The professional mentioned that once the undertaking were given administrative sanction, they'd soon finalise a expert to arrange the Detailed Project Report (DPR) for the revamp.
Explaining that the master plan was once already submitted to the CZA, the professional mentioned they are planning to execute it in a design, build and perform style by way of giving all the 3 tasks to a single guide.
The master layout plan is an in depth panorama map of the present zoo web page detailing the present facilities and infrastructure, and the site of the proposed developmental activities, together with animal display house, conservation breeding house and customer movement routes.
“The guide should co-ordinate and revamp the zoo as per central govt norms in order that the licence may well be got,” the professional added.
Explaining that the masterplan was once submitted in accordance with the ideas on CZA, E Senthilnathan, director of the zoo, mentioned they are planning to include new species of reptiles like chameleon, but even so an aquarium, within the zoo. There is a plan to introduce battery cars too.
“The zoo will probably be expanded to over nine.five acres after merging it with the park house this is adjoining to the zoo,” he mentioned, adding that they are but to receive the CZA approval. As soon as we get the approval, we might get started the remaining paintings, he added.
The zoo government had launched the rescued snakes and other reptiles within the forest and migrant birds within the lake about six months ago, mentioned the zoo government.
In 2016, the civic frame spent about Rs 1 crore to set up water pipelines and to fix enclosures within the zoo.
City zoo to get a makeover
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