Opposing the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC) proposal of reserving a plot in Nahur village in the eastern suburbs for the construction of a zoo and an aviary, activist and wildlife expert Pawan Sharma has argued that the focus should instead be on creating essential facilities like a civic-run animal hospital, wildlife rescue centre, animal birth control centre, orphanage, animal park, crematorium, nature interpretation centre, and butterfly garden.

Sharma, who is also the president of RAWW, an NGO, has written to the civic body’s commissioner and the chief minister with objections and suggestions regarding the BMC’s plan to reserve the plot located at Nahur village.