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Amaravati Zoo Park to come up at Kondaveedu
Amaravati Zoological Park and night safari will come up at Kondaveedu forest area in Amaravati capital region in Guntur district.
Amaravati: Amaravati Zoological Park and night safari will come up at Kondaveedu forest area in Amaravati capital region in Guntur district.
Speaking to The Hans India on various developments in his department, Minister for Forests and Environment Sidda Raghava Rao said the proposal for establishing Amaravati Zoo Park at Kondaveedu has almost been finalised and the officials were directed to prepare plans for it. I
n fact, the government formed a committee to identify suitable place for setting up of new zoological park. The committee is searching for suitable places in Kondapalli, Mangalagiri, Kondaveedu and other forest patches in the CRDA.
The Amaravati Zoo Park will be developed as a tourist attraction to draw visitors from across the world, the minister said and added at the same time, the department will develop zoo parks at Tirupati and Vizag on par with global standards.
The minister said the zoo park at Tirupati would be developed with the cooperation of Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams. He further said the eco-tourism and temple tourism gained importance in the state, particularly in the last one year. In total, 10 temple tourism spots are being promoted.
They are- Annavaram, Dwaraka Tirumala, Indrakeeladri, Mangalagiri, Srisailam, Ahobilam, Maha Nandi, Timmamma Marri Mani in Anantapur and Boyakonda. In all these identified areas, the forest department will work on hill afforestation and eco-parks development near the temples.
The department will also promote conservation of environment and education along with spiritualism for the pilgrims, Raghava Rao explained.He said they had proposed to develop 200 km (920 hectares) shelter belt plantations in the coastline this year under the Great Green Wall of AP, popularly known as Haritha Theeram and added the government had proposed mangroves plantations in 380 hectares along the AP coastline.
Of the total 974 km coastline, 200 km was already covered with shelter belt plantation and 200 km coastline was not feasible for taking up plantations, he said and added for the first time, the department allocated Rs 25 crore under Vana Samrakshana programme to protect red sanders.
The government is planning to sell finished red sanders goods unlike auctioning raw material, the minister said and directed the officials to study feasibility of selling value added red sanders products.
He said the government could export finished and polished goods from the state and would earn more from red sanders than the current revenue. Since 2014, the government has earned Rs 1,338 crore by auctioning red sanders, the minister said.
