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Mumbai’s Byculla Zoo to reopen for visitors on Nov 1

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Thursday announced that the Veermata Jijamata Udyan, popularly known as Byculla Zoo, here will be open to visitors from November 1. The civic body had shut the zoo in April amid the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to a release issued by the BMC, the zoo will be open for visitors from 9.30 am to 6 pm, while morning walkers can use the premises between 6 am and 8.30 am. The zoo, popularly known as “Rani cha Baug”, is home to a large number of animals, different species of exotic birds and ... Read more