The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has extended the bid submission deadline for its Rs 490 crore exotic animal enclosure project at the Veermata Jijabai Bhosale Botanical Garden and Zoo, Byculla, to February 20, from the earlier deadline of February 3.

The tender, floated in the first week of December 2025, pertains to the construction of a dedicated exotic animal section on around 10 acres of land adjacent to the existing zoo. However, the civic body has so far not received any bids for the project.