Overview
- The park had been closed to visitors since August 30 following detection of avian influenza in the waterbird aviary on August 28.
- Officials said the last confirmed positive was recorded on September 1, with no fresh positives since then.
- Samples were collected at 15-day intervals across four rounds, including an October 30 batch that tested negative.
- The Union environment ministry approved reopening, and the zoo said strict biosafety and surveillance will continue.
- At least 12 birds, including painted storks and black-headed ibis, died during the outbreak, marking the zoo's third avian-flu closure after 2016 and 2021.