In yet another case of delay, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC) plan of getting six Humboldt penguins worth R2.4 crore to the Byculla zoo in December 2014 will have to wait. The reason? Civic officials have not even floated tenders to invite contractors to oversee the construction of the enclosures yet as the tenders to appoint a contractor lay pending. Moreover, if sources in the BMC are to be believed, the penguins will not arrive in the city anytime before August this year.

Three-year-old plan
The plan to bring the penguins to the city was announced three years ago and the municipal body passed the proposal in August 2014 along with a five-year maintenance contract worth R19 crore.