The Hindu 26.09.2013
Corporation renews efforts to shift zoo
The Coimbatore Corporation has renewed its efforts to
have the Corporation Zoo shifted to the prison grounds. According to
Corporation Commissioner G. Latha the civic body was eagerly awaiting
the visit of the Central Zoo Authority, scheduled to visit the Zoo by
the end of this month.
At present the Zoo functioned with a temporary license issued by the Authority for mini zoos.
During
the Authority’s visit, the Corporation would also request them to visit
the prison grounds so as to obtain its permission for shifting the Zoo
there. For, the Corporation had planned to shift the Zoo to the prison
grounds and had also obtained the Corporation Council’s approval for the
same. Once the Authority granted permission, the Corporation would seek
necessary approval from the State Government, which at present was
seized of the matter. It was only a matter of time before the approval
came through, Ms. Latha said and added that the issue was whether the
definition ‘park’ in the land use classification would also cover zoo.