Environmentalists slam move for dolphin theme park in Maharashtra

The Maharashtra government”s move to set up a Rs510-crore dolphin and water theme park along the Sindhudurg coastline has come in for criticism from environmentalists and activists, both in India and abroad.

Chief minister Prithviraj Chavan has given an in-principle approval for a “Sea World,” to be developed on a public-private-partnership model, on the lines of dolphin theme parks in the US and other countries.

According to Chhagan Bhujbal, the tourism minister, the project is part of a move to develop the state”s 720-km-long coastline for tourism. The proposed Sea World would feature a dolphinarium, theme restaurants, a theatre and other facilities for tourists…. Source