Lok Sabha Question No. 111 (STARRED), answered on 2017-12-22
Subject: Butterfly Gardens
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: JAYADEV GALLA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OE ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK  SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *111

TO BE ANSWERED ON 22.12.2017

## Butterfly Gardens

## *111. SHRI JAYADEV GALLA:

Will the Minster of ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of butterfly gardens in the country, State-wise;
- (b) whether the Government or the Central Zoo Authority help States or private agencies in setting up butterfly parks/zones/gardens in the country and if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the  details  of  financial  and  other  assistance  given  by  the  Government  or  Central  Zoo Authority for developing butterfly gardens in the country during the last five years and the current year, year and State-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE (DR. HARSH VARDHAN)

(a) to (c)  A statement is laid on the Table of the House

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STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a),(b) and ( c ) OF THE LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *111 REGARDING 'BUTTERFLY GARDENS' RAISED BY SHRI JAYADEV GALLA DUE FOR REPLY ON 22.12.2017.

- (a) Butterfly  Gardens/Butterfly  Parks  exist  as  part  and  parcel  of few  recognized  zoos  in  the  country.  List  of  notable  existing and  proposed  Butterfly  Gardens/Butterfly  Parks  as  part  of recognized zoos is annexed at Annexure-I
- (b) The Butterfly Parks/Zones/Gardens are set up as part of zoo by respective zoo operators. The Central Zoo Authority being a Statutory regulatory body, provides technical and other assistance to zoos in general.
- ( c ) The Central Zoo Authority did not provide financial assistance for development of Butterfly Gardens in the country in the current year as well as last five years.

TABLE-A

| Existing Butterfly Parks in recognized zoos   | Existing Butterfly Parks in recognized zoos                     | Existing Butterfly Parks in recognized zoos   |
|-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
| S.No.                                         | Name and location of Zoo                                        | Type                                          |
| 1*                                            | Bannerghatta Biological Park, Bengaluru                         | Closed environment with host plants           |
| 2*                                            | Tata Steel Zoological Park, Jamshedpur                          | Closed environment with host plants           |
| 3*                                            | Indira Gandhi Zoological Park, Visakhapatnam                    | Closed environment with host plants           |
| 4                                             | Sri Venkateswara Zoological Park, Tirpupati                     | Open natural environment                      |
| 5                                             | Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Zoological Garden, Surat            | Open natural environment                      |
| 6                                             | Nehru Zoological Park, Hyderabad                                | Open natural environment                      |
| 7                                             | Kamla Nehru Zoological Garden, Ahmedabad                        | Open natural environment                      |
| 8                                             | Arignar Anna Zollogical Park, Chennai                           | Open natural environment                      |
| 9                                             | Sri Chamarajendra Zoological Gardens, Mysuru                    | Open natural environment                      |
| 10                                            | Bhagwan Birsa Biological Park, Ranchi                           | Open natural environment                      |
| 11                                            | Rajiv Gandhi Zoological Park and Wildlife Research Centre, Pune | Open natural environment                      |
| 12                                            | Nandankanan Zoological Park, Bhubaneswar                        | Open natural environment                      |
| 13                                            | National Zoological Park, New Delhi                             |                                               |

TABLE-B

| Proposed Butterfly Parks in recognized zoos   | Proposed Butterfly Parks in recognized zoos   | Proposed Butterfly Parks in recognized zoos                       |
|-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S.No.                                         | State                                         | Name of Zoo                                                       |
| 1                                             | Adnaman and Nicobar Islands                   | Biological Park, Chidiyatapu, Andaman &Nicobar Islands            |
| 2                                             | Arunachal Pradesh                             | Biological Park, Itanagar                                         |
| 3                                             | Assam                                         | Assam State Zoo cum Botanical Garden, Guwahati                    |
| 4                                             | Chhatisgarh                                   | Kannan Pendari Zoological Park, Bilaspur                          |
| 5                                             |                                               | Nandanvan Jungle Safari, Naya Raipur                              |
| 6                                             | Gujarat                                       | Rajkot Zoological Garden, Rajkot                                  |
| 7                                             | Jharkhand                                     | Jawaharlal Nehru Biological Park, Bokaro                          |
| 8                                             | Karnataka                                     | Atal Behaari Vajpayee Zoological Park, Kamlapura, Hospet          |
| 9                                             | Kerala                                        | Zoological Garden, Thiruvananthapuram                             |
| 10                                            | Madhya Pradesh                                | Maharaja Martand Singh Jedeo While Tiger Safar and Zoo, Mukundpur |
| 11                                            | Maharashtra                                   | Nisargakavi Bahinabai Choudhary Prani Sangrahalaya, Pimpri        |
| 12                                            | Punjab                                        | M.C. Zoological Park, Chhatbir                                    |
| 13                                            | Rajasthan                                     | Sajjangarh Biological Park, Udaipur                               |
| 14                                            | Tamil Nadu                                    | Children's Park, Guindy                                           |
| 15                                            | Tripura                                       | Sepahijala Zoological Park, Sepahijala                            |

## Annexure-I

|   16 | Uttarakhand   | International Zoo and Safari, Haldwani            |
|------|---------------|---------------------------------------------------|
|   17 | Uttar Pradesh | Nawab Wazid Alai Shah Zoological Gardens, Lucknow |
|   18 | Uttar Pradesh | Kanpur Zoological Garden, Kanpur                  |

*The  closed  type  of  Butterfly  Park/Garden  is  where  the  butterflies  are  housed  in  a enclosed micro-habitat with live host plants and other congenial climatic conditions suitable for the  butterflies.  The  Butterflies  are  captive  bred  in  a  separate  area  and  released  into  Butterfly Park.

In  case  of  Open  Butterfly  Parks/Gardens,  the  site  is  planted  with  host  plants  to  attract various species of free ranging butterflies. Adequate measures are made for shade and protection.

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