Tourists at the Nandankanan Zoological Park (NZP) escaped from a possible major mishap as they got stuck inside the Lion Safari for an hour on Saturday.
According to reports, a safari bus carrying tourists fell into a pit inside the Lion Safari. As the lions were openly roaming around the safari, the tourists were panicked to see the wild lions outside the bus. The bus halted inside the safari for at least one hour. However, the tourists were safe.
A video shows the presence of lions at the place where the bus got stuck midway.
Acting promptly on instruction of the Nandankanan authorities, the safari staffs managed to put all lions inside a feeding chamber to avoid any untoward incident and brought the stranded tourists safely from the safari in another bus.
The incident was not first to have to occurred in the zoo. Many such incidents had been reported in the past.
However, the Nandankanan authorities did not clarify about the incident.