Mysuru, Aug 2: The century-year-old Chamarajendra Zoological Garden in Mysuru has registered an increase in visitors following the lifting of lockdown, resulting in improving its financial condition.
People are flocking the zoo and there were more than 6,000 visitors to the zoo on Sunday bringing smiles to the faces of the employees of the zoo. As a result of this, the financial condition of the zoo has improved according to Karnataka State Zoo Authority Chairman L.R. Mahdevaswamy.
Speaking to reporters, he said that the State Government has released grants as per the demand. “We had appealed the Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai to release an additional Rs 23 crore grant. Then CM B.S. Yediyurappa had released Rs 8 crore. However, the present Chief Minister has assured of releasing the pending amount after cabinet formation. As of now, the financial position is improving. An Orangutan and Gorilla are supposed to arrive from Singapore within the next 2-3 days,” he added. (UNI)