The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has proposed to appoint a consultant for a bird park in Powai, a year after floating tenders inviting EOIs to draw up a plan for the project.
Out of the four bids, BMC has selected Universal Organics as the consultant for the bird park project. The Rs 13 lakh proposal to appoint the consultant will be placed on Wednesday before the standing committee of the civic body for a final approval. The other bidders considered for technical and financial evaluation of the civic body include Ashfaq Ahmed Consultancy Services, Nagpur; and HKS Designer and Consultants International, Thailand, among others.
Apart from the design, Universal Organics will be responsible to get all the necessary permissions from the Central Zoo Authority (CZA) and also recommend an exotic species that can be brought to the bird park. It needs to design a master plan within the next four to six months.
The 25 acre plot in Powai has been allotted by the civic corporation to build a park for the huge bird population. It will be an extension of the Byculla zoo and aims to decongest the bird population in the zoo.
The bird park will be designed on the Singapore model of Jurong Bird Park.
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Bird Park (Pawai)