The Assam State Zoo cum Botanical Garden is introducing cycling for visitors inside the facility from November 11th. The new initiative will be launched by Forest Minister Pramila Rani Brahma.Visitors will have two options – they can either hire Zoo cycles at Rs 30 per hour or can bring their own cycles and pay an entry fee of Rs 30, Zoo DFO Tejas Mariswamy said.
“It should be a new experience for the visitors. We also intend to promote cycling. The terrain of the Zoo is good. We hope visitors will be able to enjoy the Zoo in a better way and exercise at the same time,” he added.
The move to allow cyclists inside the zoo came as a great joy for many in the city. A group of individuals from different walks of lives, who had already submitted a petition to the chief minister seeking for a safe cycling route in the city to control carbon emission and to encourage sustainable growth, expressed their excitement at the development.