India, March 11 -- The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) plans to build a grand entrance plaza at the Rajiv Gandhi Zoological Park in Katraj, with work expected to begin soon.

Municipal commissioner Naval Kishore Ram has announced the project and made a budgetary provision for it.

Garden department head Ashok Ghorpade said the civic body has appointed a consultant to prepare the plan.

"The consultant has previously worked on the Singapore Zoo and is currently preparing the detailed design for the Katraj zoo," he said.

Ghorpade said the Rajiv Gandhi Zoological Park is one of Pune's biggest tourist attractions and draws large numbers of visitors throughout the year, but the existing entrance facilities are inadequate.

"There are long qu...