Bhubaneswar: Ahead of the New Year, the authorities at Nandankanan Zoological Park (NZP) in Bhubaneswar have resumed boating facility for the visitors at Kanjia lake.
Boating service at the lake, located inside the zoological park complex, was suspended by the authorities in August, last year following the sighting of a crocodile in the waterbody.
“The boating facility at Kanjia had been suspended in view of the saf
ety of visitors. The facility was restarted on Friday,” zoo officials said in a statement.
Notably, the authorities had relaunched ropeway facility at the zoo, a major tourist destination, two years ago.
The ropeway facility was restarted in collaboration with a Kolkata-based private company at an investment of Rs 13 crore. The ropeway carries the visitors from NZP to nearby Botanical Garden crossing the Kanjia lake.
It may be recalled that the ropeway service was first launched at Nandankanan in 1994. It was one of the major tourist attractions of the zoo. However, the facility was discontinued following a mishap in 2011.
Nandankanan has over 4,000 animals and birds of around 160 species. There are 48 species of mammals, 77 species of birds, 30 species of reptiles and six species of amphibians, officials said.