LUCKNOW, March 1 -- Delay in funds has stalled salaries of employees for nearly a year, at the Jatayu Conservation and Breeding Centre, a conservation and breeding centre for the Asian King Vulture, in Gorakhpur, while the other essentials required to run the centre are being obtained on credit.

Over Rs.67 lakh sanctioned for the current financial year, are awaited. Officials say the sanction has been processed and the money will reach them any time.

"The money shall reach the centre any time now. The formalities have been done," said Vikas Yadav, divisional forest officer, Gorakhpur.

The centre was formally inaugurated in September 2024. Salaries have been stalled for nearly a year now and so are payments for various outsourced facili...