Sukrita is a reporter based in Guwahati, covering India's North East for The Indian Express. She was earlier a correspondent covering the education beat for The Indian Express in Delhi. She tweets at @BaruahSukrita
"The villagers, especially students, who have to travel so much every day really suffer a lot. It will benefit not only the people of my villages but all the adjoining villages as well,” said Bharat Patil, sarpanch of the Belavli-Vardoli
Doris Matthews, among the few visiting the zoo with a child, said she brought her grandson there because she remembered it having a number of different kinds of species some years ago.