Pune is a city of Maharashtra which has got the beautiful and worth visiting zoo, the Rajiv Gandhi Zoological Park or the Rajiv Gandhi Zoo. The zoo is located near Katraj. The Pune Municipal Corporation is responsible for its maintenance and they are doing a commendable job of managing it. The total area of the zoo is 130 acres. The zoo is divided into 3 sections, one for animal orphanage, the second houses snakes (thus called Snake Park also) and a zoo. Apart from these 3 sections, it also includes an area of 42-acre of Katraj Lake.
The Pune Municipal Corporation initially created the Peshwe Park in 1953 of about 7 acres. In 1986 Mr. Neelam Kumar Khaire created the Katraj Snake Park, with the assistance of Pune Municipal Corporation [...]