Vehicle entry fee at zoo to be hiked
11.10.11
The entry fee for vehicles to the Nehru Zoological Park in the city and for visitors' entry to Sri Venkateswara Zoological Park, Tirupati, will be hiked.
The governing body of Zoo Authority of Andhra Pradesh which met here under the chairmanship of Minister for Environment, Forests, Science & Technology, Shathrucharla Vijayaramaraju on Monday, took the decision to this effect.
Entry fee for vehicles at Nehru Zoo at present is Rs.500 and the governing body decided to hike it to Rs.750, but it was felt the hike should be done after alternative arrangements were enhanced.
“The Minister has asked us to go for a hike after increasing the fleet of visitors vans operated at the zoo,” an official said.
The entry fee for visitors at Sri Venkateswara Zoo, Tirupati, would be raised to Rs.15 from the present Rs.10. The officials had proposed raising it to Rs.20 but Mr.Vijayaramaraju wanted it to be not more than Rs.15. The present entry fee at Hyderabad Zoo is Rs.20 and at Vijayawada Zoo is Rs.15.
Source: The Hindu