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Thrissur
The Thrissur Zoological Park, located successful the lush greenish forests of Puthur, volition beryllium inaugurated by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan astatine 4 p.m. connected October 28. The relation volition beryllium presided implicit by Forest and Wildlife Minister A. K. Saseendran.
Union Minister Suresh Gopi, Ministers R. Bindu, K.N. Balagopal, J. Chinchurani, Roshy Augustine, K. Krishnankutty, K.B. Ganesh Kumar, Kadannappally Ramachandran, and P.A. Mohamed Riyas, on with Thrissur Mayor M. K. Varghese, territory panchayat president V. S. Prince, MPs, MLAs, erstwhile ministers, and leaders crossed governmental parties are expected to attend, said Revenue Minister K. Rajan.
Relocating the Thrissur Zoo from its cramped premises astatine Chembukkavu had been a decades-long demand. The connection gained crushed successful 2006 during the V.S. Achuthanandan government, which initiated the Puthur task by constructing the bound wall. Later, nether the Oommen Chandy government, erstwhile K.B. Ganesh Kumar served arsenic Forest Minister, the task was moved from the Zoo section to the Forest section for amended implementation.
With the enactment of the KIIFB nether the archetypal Pinarayi Vijayan-led LDF authorities successful 2016, the task yet took shape. Environmental clearance for the 338-acre wood tract was secured successful 2018, paving the mode for full-scale construction.
Funded by ₹331 crore from the KIIFB and ₹40 crore from the Plan Fund, the parkland was developed rapidly. KIIFB aboriginal allocated an further ₹17 crore.
Designed to conscionable world-class standards, Thrissur Zoological Park volition see respective innovative features specified arsenic a petting zoo and a hologram-based virtual zoo, developed nether a public-private partnership. KSRTC mini-buses volition run wrong the park, portion double-decker buses volition link the metropolis to Puthur.
All animals from the existing Chembukkavu Zoo volition beryllium relocated to Puthur by October 28, but for a fewer cervid that volition stay temporarily. A caller cervid safari park, not portion of the archetypal plan, is besides nether improvement to accommodate them. New carnal taxon from different States and overseas volition soon articulation the park’s collection.
After the inauguration, the parkland volition run a constricted proceedings tally for 2 months, allowing controlled visitant entry. It volition beryllium afloat unfastened to the nationalist from January 2026.
