After 8 years of laying the foundation stone, the Detailed Project Report (DPR) of the National Zoological Park has been submitted to the Ministry of Forests and Environment for approval. The Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation has submitted a DPR to build an open zoo of international standards in the Suryavinayak forest of Bhaktapur.

The current Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli himself laid the foundation stone of the park on 9 June 2073. Since the zoo at Jawalakhel in Lalitpur is too small to accommodate more wildlife, the government is going to build a park at Suryavinayak. Director General of the Department Ramchandra Kandel said that the DPR is under consideration in the Ministry of Forests. The minister is also interested in this. We have received information that it will be approved soon," he said.

Just eight years after that, Director General of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation Department, Ramchandra Kandel, who has now reached the Ministry of Forests and Environment for the master plan and DPR approval stage of the National Zoological Park to be built in Bhaktapur's Suryavinayak Forest, informed.

'This is under consideration in the Ministry of Forestry,' he said, 'The minister has also shown interest in it. This will happen soon.

Forest and Environment Minister Ain Bahadur Shahi Thakuri says that the construction of an open zoo in Suryavinayak according to international standards has been advanced and the government's goal is to build this new zoo.

He said that the government has advanced the construction of a new zoo. "The Sadar Zoo of Jawalakhel is only spread over six hectares," he said. He said that it has increased. Likewise, Minister Shahi said that there is a plan to develop the Sadar zoo as a historical and 'heritage zoo' of the valley.

The zoo will be built on an area of ​​259 hectares in seven community forests of 6, 7 and 8 wards of Suryabinayak Municipality (Setidevi, Suryabinayak, Sanjivani, Likhanarayan, Manthali, Balkumari and Gauradevi). It is said that the zoo will build an international level zoo on an area of ​​245 hectares and the National Nature Conservation Fund will build an animal treatment center on an area of ​​14 hectares.

It contains rare and endangered wildlife. If they can't be raised like that, the aim is to keep them here,'' said Kandel, the director general of the department He said that there is. He said that there will be expenses for building infrastructures, treating animals with medicine, bringing them, protecting them, etc. Kandel further said, 'It will take five years to complete the construction after getting approval from the ministry and getting the budget.' According to the same, the Bhanubhakta Zoological Park, which is going to be expanded in Tanahun of Gandaki province, is in the process of acquiring private land and compensation from which source, he informed.

The country's only Jawalakhel Sadar Zoo enters 30th year

Jawalakhel Sadar Zoo has completed 29 years of operation. It was decided by the Council of Ministers on the 14th of 2052 that the management of this Sadar Zoo, established by the then Prime Minister Judd Shamsher Jung Bahadur Rana, would be handed over to the National Nature Conservation Fund for 60 years. According to the decision, 29 years have been completed since the fund managed the zoo. After the completion of the first 30 years of zoo management, the government's council of ministers decided to manage the zoo for another 30 years. According to the same decision, the agreement between the fund and the National Parks and Wildlife Conservation Department for the operation and management of the zoo has been renewed. The agreement with the department was renewed during a ceremony organized by

fund on the occasion of the 29th anniversary of zoo management on Sunday. The agreement letter was signed by Naresh Subedi, member secretary of the fund and Ramchandra Kandel, director general of the department.

On this occasion, Forest and Environment Minister Ain Bahadur Shahi Thakuri said that the government has taken a policy to build zoological gardens and botanical gardens in all seven provinces and the fund can cooperate with the ministry technically and financially in the construction of such gardens.

Likewise, Chiribabu Maharjan, head of Lalitpur Metropolitan Municipality, said that Javalakhel Sadar Zoo is a jewel of Lalitpur and cannot be replaced. "You can bring untamed tigers and bears here, but you can't bring them to the zoo," he said, "This zoo is the jewel of Lalitpur metropolis. We will not give this.'

Congress leader and member of the House of Representatives, Thapa Chhetri, has expressed his commitment to make the National Zoological Park in Suryavinayak a place to be proud of.