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Central Zoo Authority Report vindicates our stand

The Central Zoo Authority (CZA) evaluation report of the ‘makeover’ master plan compiled by Shri S.K. Patanaik and Dr, Romel Mehta, who visited the V.J.B. Udyan (Rani Bagh) on October 30, 2007, has been obtained by the Save Rani Bagh Botanical Garden Acton Committee under the Right to Information Act.

Our committee met the visiting CZA team in Mumbai and apart from stressing our firm opposition to any ‘makeover’ discussed various facets of preserving Mumbai’s vital green lung and beautiful botanical park. The CZA report, that has duly noted this meeting, amply vindicates our stand that the proposed modernization poses a very grave danger to the existing tree cover.

The salient features of CZA’s report are:
  1. If the Master Plan is implemented almost all trees, vegetation and existing ecosystem as well as all existing structures will be destroyed.
  2. The useable area will be drastically reduced
  3. Existing storm water drainage will be disturbed
  4. Modification, restructuring of existing animal enclosures rather than creation of new ones suggested
  5. Cost estimates and drawings are vague
The full text of the report has been posted here for public scrutiny. Please note that all underlined sections are of CZA officials.
CZA report page 1 CZA report page 2 CZA report page 3
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