{"id":321084,"date":"2020-03-16T12:31:09","date_gmt":"2020-03-16T12:31:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=321084"},"modified":"2020-03-16T17:32:46","modified_gmt":"2020-03-16T17:32:46","slug":"zoos-in-punjab-to-remain-closed-till-march-31","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/zoos-in-punjab-to-remain-closed-till-march-31\/","title":{"rendered":"Zoos in Punjab to remain closed till March 31"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1661340268322209626\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-321085 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot_20200316-230338__01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"885\" height=\"585\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/03\/Screenshot_20200316-230338__01.jpg 885w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/03\/Screenshot_20200316-230338__01-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/03\/Screenshot_20200316-230338__01-768x508.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/03\/Screenshot_20200316-230338__01-696x460.jpg 696w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/03\/Screenshot_20200316-230338__01-635x420.jpg 635w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 885px) 100vw, 885px\" \/>In the wake of CoronaVirus (COVID-19), Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Monday ordered the closure of all zoos in the state till March 31.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">A spokesperson of the Chief Minister\u2019s Office said that this decision was taken as a preventive measure to avert any exigency arising out of COVID-19.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">Pertinently, there are one Large zoo at Chhatbir near Chandigarh besides four other small zoos at Patiala, Ludhiana, Bathinda and Neelon near Samrala in Punjab. Nearly 4000 visitors on average visit these zoos daily whereas the number swells to 10000 over weekends and more during holidays in summer and winter seasons.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">The Wildlife authorities have been taking all necessary precautions regarding bio safety parameters at zoos. However, as preventive measures in line with the state Government guidelines, the wildlife department has decided to take this step in larger public interest. Initially the closure has been declared up to March 31, which will be subsequently reviewed afterwards.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the wake of CoronaVirus (COVID-19), Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Monday ordered the closure of all zoos in the state till March 31. A spokesperson of the Chief Minister\u2019s Office said that this decision was taken as a preventive measure to avert any exigency arising out of COVID-19. Pertinently, there are one [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":321085,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2009,2913,2014],"tags":[12470,279,12765],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321084"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=321084"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321084\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":321086,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321084\/revisions\/321086"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/321085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=321084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=321084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=321084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}