Gorakhpur: A pair of Asiatic lions, named Pataudi and Maryam, reached Shaheed Ashfaqullah Khan Gorakhpur zoo from Etawah on Sunday.
“Many wild animals including leopard, hippopotamus, deer, jackal and python have already arrived and a pair of lions named Pataudi and Maryam reached today morning,” said zoo director Dr H Raja Mohan.
The lion and lioness entered enclosures under tight safety and security in the presence of Rajkiya Nirman Nigam project manager D B Singh and zoo director Dr H Raja Mohan.
“The lions will be kept in quarantine as per the guidelines we follow. So far, 54 wild animals have reached here. The construction work in the zoo, which is named after martyr Ashfaqullah Khan, has been completed,” the director added.
Godowlia-Maidagin road being dug up for road construction, increasing hardships for commuters
VARANASI: The officials claim to complete the Godowlia-Dashashwamedh pedestrian road with heritage look by February-end, but the Godowlia-Maidagin road project will leave the people and pilgrims heading to Kashi Vishwanath temple struggling for next five months.
Reason for it is the compulsion of keeping this road open for commute as not only major markets are located along it, but construction material for the Kashi Vishwanath Dham (corridor) project is also transported through it.
When TOI contacted divisional commissioner Deepak Agrawal on Sunday, a day after he inspected both projects, he said, “The Godowlia-Maidagin road construction in heritage style has been delayed for over a year as the traders’ bodies had some objections on its design earlier. The road cannot be closed completely as major markets are located along it and it is also used for transporting construction materi
Varanasi: The second luxurious cruise boat will start running on the Ganga in Kashi from January 30. However, the locals as well as tourists will have to wait for a few weeks to avail rides on it.
As a part of the tourism department’s Rs 10.71 crore project, a new cruise boat is reaching here. This two-tier cruise boat will have boarding a facility for 90 people, said divisional commissioner Deepak Agrawal.
After leaving the Goa shipyard in November to reach Varanasi via Kanyakumari, Kolkata and Haldia, Agrawal said the cruise boat had stayed too long in salted waters due to which many maintenance works like repainting and interior are required to be done. For these works, it will stay at Inland Waterway Authority of India (IWAI) port in Ramnagar, he added.