The Ministry of Environment of Forests & Climate Change has sanctioned Rs3 crore for the construction of fully furnished modern Western Himalayan Research laboratory at Zoological Survey of India, Northern Regional Centre in Dehradun.
The lab will be constructed by CCU New Delhi. The ZSI director Dr K Venkataram unveiled the foundation stone for this laboratory in Dehradun on Tuesday. This lab will be fully equipped and will be dedicated to the study of Western Himalayan faunal studies. This is an achievement for the ZSI in its centenary year, said Venkataraman. Uttarakhand State Council for Science and Technology (UCOST) director general Dr Rajendra Dobhal, scientists of the council
and Botanical Survey of India were among those present on the occasion.