Mangalore, 10/6:Pilikula Biological Park, managed by Pilikula Development Authority, will be handed over to the Forest Department for better management.
Dakshina Kannada (DK) Deputy Commissioner and Authority Chairman Ravi Kumar M R has written to PDA Commissioner V Abhishek to expedite the process of handing over the zoo to the forest department by July 31. The DC, in his letter to the Commissioner dated June 7, said the zoo should be handed over to Forest Department for better maintenance as recommended by Central Zoo Authority (CZA) and in accordance with the directions of the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (Wildlife) and Chief Wildlife Warden, Karnataka.
“The Technical Committee of CZA, in its 106th meeting held on September 27, 2022, renewed the licence of Pilikula Biological Park until December 1, 2025. While renewing the licence, the Deputy Inspector General of Forest, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF), Central Zoo Authority (CZA), New Delhi, had recommended the transfer of the zoo to the forest department in its report. “…The director in charge of the zoo does not have an adequate financial delegation to manage the day-to-day business of the zoo efficiently,” the report observed.
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