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LALITPUR
The Sadar Zoo at Jawalakhel in Lalitpur has been reopened after eight months following health standards. The zoo has been closed since April 22 due to the risk of coronavirus. The zoo has stated that visitors will not be able to walk freely as before.
Chief of the zoo management, Dr. Chiranjeevi Pokharel, said that the zoo has been reopened following health safety measures as the risk of corona is still high. Safety standards include the mandatory requirement for observers to wear masks, allow only 800 people to visit at a time, sit inside the zoo to eat and feed animals, not to touch, one person to go out in two to two and a half hours at most, and not to play with children.
The number of exits will be counted as well as the number of exits. The number of new observers is the same as the number of people who go out. Even though the criteria has been prepared for the observation every day from 10 am to 5 pm, only a limited number of people have been allowed to enter at a time. At present, the zoo has 1,068 animals of 110 species. The main attractions are tigers, bears, leopards and red hawks.
Among them are 33 mammals, 61 birds, eight amphibians and 17 species of fish. The zoo has conserved 15 of the 38 endangered wildlife species listed as endangered in Nepal.
The fee for visiting the zoo is Rs 750 for foreigners, Rs 500 for SAARC countries, Rs 150 for Nepalis and Rs 90 for Nepali students and senior citizens. Up to 1.1 million spectators come here to watch the annual turnover of Rs. 150 to 160 million from the entrance fee.
No need to queue for ticks
There is no need to queue for admission tickets as before. It is said that arrangements have been made to buy tickets through the website of the zoo or esewa. Although the management met the health criteria and prepared to open it after the festival, it could not be opened due to a lack of a decision from the Kovid-19 crisis management center.
It was established in 1932 by the then Rana Prime Minister Shri 3 Juddhashamsher Jung Bahadur Rana as a private zoo. The zoo, which has been open to the public since 2011, was handed over to the National Nature Conservation Fund by the government in 2052 BS for 30 years.
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