Bhubaneswar: With the mercury soaring past 40 degree Celsius in the Odisha capital, the Nandankanan Zoological Park (NZP) will be welcoming the visitors at a new timing from Thursday.
The zoo will now remain open from 7.30 am to 5.30 pm.
Bhubaneswar was the hottest place in the country at 44.2 degree Celsius on Wednesday.
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After remaining shut for around seven months due to the COVID-19 outbreak, Nandankanan Zoo opened its gates for visitors with adequate safety measures in October 2020. It has seen 8,20,484 visitors since then.
In 2019-20, the zoo saw a footfall of 26,00,295.
Similarly, 72,000 people visited Botanical garden in 2020-21 and 1,54,824 in 2019-20.
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