Pilikula Development Authority keen on handing over Pilikula Biological Park to Zoo Authority of Karnataka, says DC

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Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner H.V. Darshan speaking to reporters astatine  the Mangaluru Press Club connected  Thursday.

Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner H.V. Darshan speaking to reporters astatine the Mangaluru Press Club connected Thursday. | Photo Credit: Raghava M.

Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner H. V. Darshan has said that Pilikula Development Authority is keen to manus implicit the cognition and attraction of Pilikula Biological Park (or zoo) to the Zoo Authority of Karnataka (ZAK).

Denying reports that the Karnataka High Court has made adverse comments connected the mode animals are being taken attraction astatine the Pilikula Biological Park, Mr. Darshan told reporters connected Thursday that the parkland is among the champion managed zoo successful the State. Mr. Darshan, who heads the Authority, said the ZAK has sought immoderate changes successful the infrastructure successful the park. The modalities of attraction of the parkland are being worked out. “I volition person a treatment with ZAK successful a week’s time,” helium said during his enactment with reporters astatine the Mangaluru Press Club.

Meanwhile, successful a property note, Commissioner of the Authority, N. Arun Kumar Shetty, said connected Friday, that a nationalist involvement litigation connected cognition and attraction of the parkland is pending earlier the High Court. The High Court has truthful acold not issued immoderate absorption to the Authority. Social reports connected the substance doing rounds is acold distant from the truth. The parkland continues to beryllium unfastened for public, Mr. Shetty stated.

Regarding promenade improvement enactment betwixt Netravathi Railway Bridge and Bolar Sea Face, the Deputy Commissioner portion interacting with property persons connected Thursday said the Mangaluru Smart City Ltd. has presently completed 650 meters of work. The remaining enactment connected the 1.8 km is expected to beryllium completed by this May.

The span crossed the Phalguni (or Gurupura river) being constructed betwixt Sulthan Bathery and Tannirbhavi, Mr. Darshan said, would beryllium completed earlier commencement of this monsoon.

He said territory medication is moving towards easing postulation question astatine junctions, including KPT and Nantoor, wherever metropolis roads articulation the National Highway 66.

“By the extremity of March, the NHAI volition springiness a presumption earlier the territory medication astir its proposals which volition springiness america a wide thought astir structures planned astatine Nantoor and KPT junctions. We volition past springiness our suggestions to NHAI, if necessary,” helium said.

Published - February 06, 2026 07:26 p.m. IST

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