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Four CNG-run mini buses introduced in zoo

Staff Reporter

The 25-seaters were taken on a 2-year lease

POLLUTION-FREE RIDE: A boy about to board the newly introduced CNG mini bus in the zoo.

HYDERABAD: Four mini buses operated with compressed natural gas (CNG) were introduced at the tiger's safari enclosure in Nehru Zoological Park here on Saturday.

The 25-seater buses were launched with an aim to reduce pollution in the zoo. "We are facing severe pollution problem because of old buses and frequent breakdowns in the enclosure is also causing anxiety to visitors," Zoo Director P. Bhaskar Reddy said, adding that the vehicles were taken on lease for two years.

Mr. Reddy said necessary steps were initiated to ensure drinking water to visitors also. Over 10,000 people, mostly children had visited the zoo on Saturday generating a revenue of Rs. 2.5 lakhs.

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