The Coimbatore Municipal Corporation in Tamil Nadu will take up the development of VOC Park Zoo under the Smart Cities Mission.
The corporation had decided to use Smart Cities Mission fund to finance the zoo project. It will place the subject before the Coimbatore Smart City Board for approval The corporation has estimated to spend Rs 32 crore for developing the zoo at the land it owns adjacent to the Coimbatore Central Prison.
The zoo will come up on an area of 25 acre of which 5.75 acre will be given to the Tamil Nadu Sports Development Authority. The detailed project report (DPR) for developing the zoo was under preparation.
Once the consultant engaged for preparing the report completed the work, the corporation will place it before the Central Zoo Authority for approval.