Amidst scorching heat and blistering winds, soaring temperature created a tough this summer across the Jharkhand this summer.
The mercury reaches up to 45 degree Celsius in Bokaro and Dhanbad and the blistering wind blowing since past few days makes everything worse, leads to distress fully or partially among the animals.
But the wild guests at Jawaharlal Nehru Biological Park at Bokaro Steel City are still feeling comfortable, in spite of the huge rise in mercury. The Zoo’s menu card has taken a organic turn with water rich and summer coolants foods like watermelon, sugarcane, papaya, green mango, cucumbers and bananas and many more to minimize the effect of sunstroke for herbivorous, said the zoo authority.
With the new roughage-rich diet the zoo authorities are apparently confident that the animals are ready to face the blazing sun and scorching summer. Moreover, to make things better for them giving the cool effect from scorching heat special fabricated shades and water pools, have been constructed in the big cages where lion, tiger, leopard, panthers are kept to keep the wild animals cool and feed them with regular supply of drinking water and early food before 10 Am in the morning.
Besides, water sprinklers have been put in cages and tanks are being filled daily with cold water. The zoo authorities have also made special medication arrangements for animals along with birds to provide extra anti-stress medication to prevent them from dehydration and stress.
“The Park is a centre of excellence which is also imparting education silently within a radius of 50 km.” said the park authorities.