Question: On January 21, 2016 which of the following Indian state inaugurated its first safari park?
(a) Uttar Pradesh
(b) Madhya Pradesh
(c) West Bengal
(d) Jharkhand
Ans (c)
Related facts:
- On January 21, 2016, the West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee inaugurated the first phase of the state’s first safari park.
- The Safari Park is opened in Sauriya near Siliguri in north Bengal.
- A Rs 250 crore-project is presently house to 15 Sambar deer, 15 barking deer, 120 spotted deer (chital), one male rhino, wild boars, jungle fowl, jungle cats, and golden and silver pheasants.
- Ten swamp deer, one female Rhino and Bison’s would be brought in soon.
- By the end of 2016, the park is expected to would house about 250 herbivores and carnivores.
Reference:
https://web.facebook.com/MamataBanerjeeOfficial/posts/1017737151626959
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/mamata-inaugurates-safari-park-in-north-bengal/1/576243.htmlhttp://www.millenniumpost.in/NewsContent.aspx?NID=234590