Overview

• Published tender documents set the project on a roughly 17,150–17,958 sq m site in Nahur/Mulund with bids due on September 19.
• The contract period is 24 months, and the park is intended to function as a suburban sub-centre to ease pressure on Byculla Zoo.
• The design references Singapore’s Jurong Bird Park with Asian, African, Australian and American zones, plus an interpretation centre for visitor education.
• Planned infrastructure includes an in-house bird hospital, a dedicated quarantine facility, life-support systems for enclosures and automated underground parking for about 60 cars.
• Officials say the collection will include exotic and indigenous birds, with the tender listing about 22 species while other estimates cite 206 birds across 18 species, and guidance from Jurong/Bird Paradise is being pursued.