The State Bank of Hyderabad (SBH) has come forward to adopt 15 tigers in the Nehru Zoological Park on Wednesday. Curator of the zoo, A Shankaran said that the SBH made a donation of Rs 15 lakh to the zoo fund to this effect. According to zoo officials, the rate of adoption of each tiger in Rs 1 lakh per year. The funds received from SBH will be used for food, healthcare and sanitation such as cleaning of cages and enclosures. Meanwhile, keeping the upcoming biodiversity meet in mind, a van carrying interesting information on different aspects of ecology was flagged off by Mallikarjun Rao, director of zoo and chief conservator of forest. The van contains audio-visual equipment and models which will highlight the repercussions of ecological imbalanceand climatic changes such as droughts and floods
. “The models will showcasways ways of preserving and protecting wildlife and the van will visit three to four schools everyday,” said Shankaran. Last date extended: The last date for online registration of colleges availing state government post-matric scholarships for the year 2012-13 has been extended up to September 15, the AP State Minorities Finance Corporation stated in a release issued here on Wednesday. Colleges will have to complete the registration process on e-pass system only, the release added.
–Courtesy:TOI