Upasana Kamineni adopts Asiatic lions
The Hindu
Vice-chairperson of the Apollo Foundation and Apollo Life, Upasana Kamineni Konidela, has come forward to adopt a pair of Asiatic lions - Vicky and Laxmi - from the Nehru Zoological Park for a period
Vice-chairperson of the Apollo Foundation and Apollo Life, Upasana Kamineni Konidela, has come forward to adopt a pair of Asiatic lions - Vicky and Laxmi - from the Nehru Zoological Park for a period of one year. Ms. Upasana, who is also wife of film actor Ram Charan, visited the zoo together with her sister Anushpala Kamineni and presented a cheque for ₹2 lakh to curator S. Rajashekhar towards adoption charges and maintenance on Saturday, a statement from the zoo informed.
In 2011, the Karnataka government announced that five botanical gardens will be developed on the lines of the Lalbagh Botanical Garden in Bengaluru across the State. But according to the latest developments, there will only be four such gardens as the Horticulture Department is most likely to drop the project that was supposed to come up in Chikkaballapura district.