India, June 3 -- The Noida authority on Monday ordered an inquiry into its civil department after residents of housing societies in sectors 92, 93, and 82 along the Noida-Greater Noida Expressway raised a public outcry on Friday, saying that department staff were building a concrete cremation shed in the Biodiversity Park in Sector 91-a designated international wildlife attraction.

The authority on Monday halted construction of the shed on a 1-acre site within the 75-acre Biodiversity Park. Officials said the cremation ground violates urban town planning norms, as 30 acres of the park will be used for a zoo and night safari, where deer will be imported from zoos in Kanpur, Hyderabad, Lucknow, and even Africa. However, Noida came into exi...