Kolkata: Zoo in all states, including Alipore Zoological Park in Kolkata and Padmaja Naidu Himalaya Zoolaya Park in Darjeeling, and Deer Park will be reopened on Wednesday after a second wave break Covid.
The company closed in March was reopened after a gap for more than five months, said a senior forest department official.
Speaking with Toi, Secretary of the State Zoo Authority member, Sourav Chowdhury, confirmed receiving orders.
“We will open a zoo on Wednesday with all Covid protocols on the spot,” he added.
Director of Alipore Ak Samanta Zoo said that they would strictly follow all Covid guidelines.
“People without masks will not be allowed to enter.
Settings have been made in such a way that visitors must pass two gate sanitization before reaching the ticket counter,” he added.
After buying a ticket, they had to undergo thermal scanning before entering the zoo campus.
Because asked if there was a special plan to manage the crowd, Samanta said: “During this year, the daily footsteps in the zoo were hardly past 6,000.
Given the area inside the zoo, this crowd will not be difficult to manage.
If the crowd swells, we will Thinking of taking special action, “Samanta added.
Signs have been made near the toilet, in counters, on the visitor’s path and in front of the cover to ensure visitors follow social distance.
According to Samanta, they used anti-virus sprays to clean the zoo a few days ago.
Before the zoo opened the gate around 9am on Wednesday, the staff would return to cleaning campus and attachments.
The zoo remains open until 5 pm, but the last ticket was released at 4:30 a.m.
According to an official, they will also reactivate the online system to immediately buy a ticket.
Both Zoos Alipore and Darjeeling have directly streamed videos from several animals, at least for two hours every day, allowing people to watch them live from their homes.