Facilities at Patna zoo to be improved : Sushil Modi

Online booking of tickets, guide maps, attractive website and display boards will be introduced at the Sanjay Gandhi Biological Park here, Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushi Modi said.
Officials should complete all the projects related to the development of the zoo within a stipulated time-frame and money will not be a constraint, Modi said at an event at the zoo on the occasion of World Rhino Day today.
Modi, who also holds the Finance, Commercial Taxes, Environment and Forest portfolios, stressed the need to make the Patna zoo a cleaner place as part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "Swachhta Abhiyan".

"The facility of getting online ticket will be introduced very soon for the people who wish to visit Patna zoo and other parks, so that they can get their tickets sitting at homes," Modi said.
People visiting the zoo will also be given guide maps apart from folders containing information regarding the animals, he said.
Prominent display boards would be put up before the cages besides making the zoo website more attractive, Modi said.

The officials have been directed to get the feedback form filled up by the visitors, he said.
A toy train for children and a trackless train for others will soon be started at the zoo, he said.

A 3-D theatre will also be set up at the zoo where films relating to nature and wild life animals will be screened.
Laying the the foundation stone for setting up a "Rhino Conservation Breeding Facility" at the zoo, the deputy chief minister said, the aim was to promote breeding of one-horned rhinos at the zoo.
The breeding facility will be developed at a cost of Rs 3.89 crore and spread over 2.5 acres of land in Patna zoo, official sources said.
The number of rhinos at the zoo was the highest in the country with 12 rhinos at present, he said.

The environment and forest minister also appealed people to adopt animals.
"Adopting animal is the best way through which one can show his/her love towards wild animals," Modi said.