Animal rehab centre near Noida airport to be ready in a year
oida: Construction has started on the animal rescue and rehabilitation centre near Dhanauri wetland to protect wildlife affected by the Noida International Airport project.
The 10-hectare facility will house a veterinary hospital, quarantine unit and specialised enclosures for blackbucks, nilgai, monkeys and Sarus cranes.
YEIDA is developing the Rs 3.5-crore project, upgrading it from a temporary to a permanent facility with a 30-year lease, following Wildlife Institute of India's recommendations.
After the Central Zoo Authority gave clearance to the project earlier this year, a construction agency was selected to complete the project within a year.
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A biodiversity conservation plan, drawn up by WII in 2019, had found blackbucks and cranes were mainly found on the land acquired for the airport. Subsequent surveys, of the 1,334 hectares where the first phase of the airport is coming up and the surrounding villages within its 25-km radius, recorded the presence of 258 blackbucks and 76 Sarus cranes.
Indian blackbucks are listed under Schedule I of the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972, which puts restrictions on their capture or translocation.
Sarus cranes, listed as "vulnerable" by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), are also protected under Schedule I of the Act.
Other animals spotted on the land acquired for the airport project were nilgai, Indian gazelles, monkeys, golden jackals and jungle cats.
Initially, the forest department was to construct the animal centre, but last Sept, YEIDA was appointed as the executing agency by UP govt.
The centre is proposed to have a medical unit, separate animal enclosures and shelters, and a dedicated team of veterinary doctors.
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