This came months after the civic body scrapped a ₹291 crore tender for constructing new animal enclosures inside the zoo, owing to cost escalation and allegations from the BJP
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) administration has scrapped the contentious ₹44-crore tenders that were floated for the construction of a state-of-the-art aquarium at the Veermata Jijabai Bhosale Udhyan or Byculla Zoo. Municipal commissioner Iqbal Singh Chahal said the project was scrapped because the BMC has already received a go-ahead from the state government for building an aquarium and marine research centre at the Worli on a plot occupied by a government dairy.
Source: Hindustan Times
