KARACHI, Sept 18: Displaying over 50 species of fish, mostly imported ones, the city’s biggest aquarium set up at a cost of over Rs30 million was inaugurated at the Landhi-Korangi zoo on Tuesday.

Sindh Governor Dr Ishartul Ibad, who inaugurated the aquarium, said that the renovated Landhi-Korangi Zoo and the fish aquarium would provide good recreation facilities to people in this area.

However, he said, there was a need for providing more recreation and sports facilities to the masses along with infrastructure development.

He called for induction of more animals and birds to make the city’s second zoo, which had been renovated (the first being the Karachi Zoo), more attractive and more informative.

Earlier, while briefing the governor about the Landhi-Korangi zoo, senior director of the culture, sports & recreation department Rehan Khan said it was established on seven acres in 1974.

Work on the construction of the aquarium that started in 2004 could not be completed for many years, he said, adding that it was only this year that construction work resumed and the facility was finally opened for the public on Tuesday.

He added that around 40 ponds were being developed here for fish breeding.

KMC Administrator Mohammad Hussain Syed said that the Landhi sports complex would also be completed this month to provide more sports facilities to people in Landhi and Korangi.

He added that a world-class football stadium would be built in the sports complex on Kashmir Road and the Sindh Snooker Academy would also start functioning this month.