VISAKHAPATNAM: Yet another school in the Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation is adopted under the 'Sweekaram' programme. The GVMC primary school at MVP Colony will be developed by Andhra University Ever Green Engineers' Association of the 1964-69 batch. Papers relating to the adoption were exchanged between representatives of the association and Additional Commissioner (Finance) N. Mohana Rao on Tuesday.

BHOPAL - A Madhya Pradesh zoo has urged President Pratibha Patil to sponsor an elephant under the 'Prani Punyodaya' (adopt an animal) scheme so that the animal is fed properly.

The management of Kamla Nehru Prani Sangrahalaya (zoo) in Indore, 200 km from here, in a letter to Patil last week said the two captive elephants in the zoo need a hefty daily diet - 500 kg grass, one-quintal sugarcane, 5 kg chapattis and heavy doses of jiggery twice a week - costing over Rs.30,000 a month. And the cash strapped Indore Municipal Corporation (IMC) cannot afford it.