India, April 30 -- LUCKNOW Seeking to remove roadblocks in the ambitious Kukrail night safari project, the UP government has filed an impleadment application in the Supreme Court on April 8, seeking permission to establish the safari and relocate the Lucknow zoo to the Kukrail forest area. The plea is yet to come up for hearing.

A detailed project report (DPR) of the night safari, coming up on a 900-acre maple leaf design in the 2027.46-hectare Kukrail forest, was presented before chief minister Yogi Adityanath on November 19, 2024, roughly two years after its digital survey in December 2022.

However, the project got stuck due to the apex court's February 19, 2024 order restraining the central and state governments across the country to...