Ropeway facility in Bhubaneswar Nandankanan Zoo likely to restart soon

The long wait for the visitors coming to the Nandankanan zoo is likely to end soon with the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) carrying out a mock drill of the ropeway facility on Thursday. 

With the tourist season setting in, the authorities of the Nandankanan Zoo are contemplating starting the aerial ropeway facility soon.  

In view of the same, a joint mock drill involving an NDRF team comprising 15 to 20 jawans and zoo staff was conducted. The exercise lasted for one and a half hours. In this mock drill, the jawans demonstrated how tourists will be rescued safely if they are stranded in the middle. All the safety measures in place were inspected. 

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Such a mock drill was carried out in May this year as well. Given the present mock drill, it is somehow certain that the tourists will enjoy the facility by New Year. However, the zoo authorities haven’t made any announcement in this regard as yet. 

During the months of December and January, the zoo witnesses record turnout of visitors. So it is expected that the zoo authorities are likely to start the facility well ahead of time.