Hyderabad: Forest minister Jogu Ramanna on Saturday told a meeting of the Zoos and Parks Authority of Telangana to increase security measures and amenities for visitors at the city’s Nehru Zoological Park. The meeting comes close on the heels of a report in these columns on the poor ranking given to the zoo by the Central Zoo Authority.
A fence was proposed to be built around the zoo to increase security for animals apart from increasing CCTV surveillance inside. Stress was laid on increasing amenities for visitors including setting up of water pipelines at a cost of '1.5 crore, developing an information centre, installing Telugu signboards outside all animal enclosures and setting up a battery-operated rail.
The meeting proposed to increase the size of the aviary and develop a facility to help visitors get a closer view of the birds. Similar measures were proposed for the Warangal zoo.
