Since its opening five days ago, over 13,000 people have visited the place. The aviary will remain shut every Monday, Tuesdayfor the sake of maintenance and to allow the birds some rest.
The Chandigarh Bird Park has received an overwhelming response with more than 13,000 people visiting the park within five days of its opening, a report in the Chandigarh Tribune says.
Chief Conservator of Forests and Chief Wildlife Warden Debendra Dalai, says more than 5,000 people visited the park on Sunday. He says the park had turned out to be a major attraction in the region as more than 13,000 people thronged to the park in the past five days.
He said over 900 people visited the park on the first day of its opening, while over 1,200 came here on the second day, nearly 3,100 on the third day and more than 3,000 on the fourth day.
Dalai said they had decided to keep the park closed for public on every Monday and Tuesday for regular maintenance and to give rest to the birds.
“The two-day closure was required as the birds also need sometime for rest and the department needs time to carry out necessary maintenance work”.
He says Wednesday could be reserved especially for school children,
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President Ram Nath Kovind’s wife, Savita Kovind, wife inaugurated the park on November 16. The park was thrown open to the public from the next day.
An entry fee of Rs 30 would be charged from children in the age group of six to 12. All others above 12 years would be charged Rs50 .
he Department of Forest and Wildlife, Union Territory, has set up the Bird Park on 6.5 acres at Nagar Van behind Sukhna Lake.
The facility has got two small aviaries and two walkthrough aviaries. The structure surrounds thousands of plants of varying canopies, which gives an ideal habitat, food and shelter for these birds so that they can freely fly and breed.
The park has African love birds, budgerigars, white swan, black swan, wood duck, golden pheasant, yellow golden pheasant, green wing macaw, sun conures, African grey parrot, finches and melanistic pheasant.
The department had planned the enclosure in such a way that the birds, apart from having a free flight, ability to nest in the natural habitat. Herbs, shrubs and trees have been planted to suit the birds’ natural habitat.
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