SURAT: Taking a cue from the state government, the Surat Municipal Corporation will also open its facilities to the citizens from Friday.
SMC on Thursday decided to open the Sarthana Nature Park and Jagdishchandra Bose Aquarium for a limited number of visitors from Friday.
Officials said that the nature park will be open from 10 am to 1 pm for 200 visitors and for the next batch of 200 visitors from 2 pm to 5 pm.
Similarly, the aquarium will also remain open for two batches of 25 visitors each from 10 am to 2 pm and from 2 pm to 6 pm.
“As of now we are only allowing online ticket booking for both facilities,” an official said.
Friday onwards three new routes of city bus services will also begin.
The three new routes will connect Surat railway station with Velanja, Jahangirpura and Kosad.
The civic body will ply 44 buses on these three routes for convenience of passengers.
For the past three weeks, SMC has been restarting transport services for commuters in a staggered phase.
Earlier different routes of BRTS services were opened.
Surat: Zoo, aquarium to reopen
