Ranchi, Dec 14: Jharkhand will have a Butterfly Conservatory in the next six months at Bhagwan Birsa Biological Park, Ormanjhi in Ranchi district as the tender floats for the construction of Butterfly Conservatory, pond and entrance gate.
The proposed conservatory will be a glass building that will provide a favourable atmosphere for butterflies to grow. Host and nectar flower beds will also have signage about the butterflies and the plants making it easier for the visitors to identify different breeds and learn interesting facts about them. The premises will also have a water body and a mud puddle.
The park will have all the adequate structures required for making it a natural breeding ground for butterflies. All the local varieties of butterflies will also get attracted if they find a suitable habitat with colourful plants.
Interactive sculptures of butterflies will also be made as selfie points. A preservation room for pupa under controlled climatic conditions and a nursery are also part of the proposal. A ticket counter, cafeteria, children’s park, washrooms and parking space for two and four-wheelers are also on the list of amenities that will be installed there.
On 19th November 2019, Parag Rangnekar, an eminent butterfly expert from Goa and author of the book called ‘Butterflies of Goa’ was invited by M/s Street-House, an architecture firm appointed for the project, for the site inspection.
Parag had addressed an issue after a comparative analysis of the master plan prepared by the Architect from the landscape point of view and of the actual botanical garden site, which more or less resembles a forest, where he recommended that instead of a cad drawing, the approach of just marking up the site along the pathway that we were walking can be made as a walkway because there were already certain host and nectar plants that can be retained to be a habitat for butterflies and that day 15 butterflies were cited in a span of 2 hours of walk-in winter morning.
Bhagwan Birsa Biological Park has been recognized by the Central Zoo Authority of India under the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 of India. It was established with the objective of conserving endangered and threatened flora and fauna; developing empathy for wild animals among visitors and motivating people to support the cause of wildlife conservation.
