Lucknow, Jul 18 (IANS): The Uttar Pradesh government is in the process of constructing the world's first vulture conservation and breeding centre in Gorakhpur to save the large birds from extinction.

It will be inaugurated by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on September 3, which also marks International Vulture Awareness Day.

According to the government spokesman, an additional budget of Rs 1.06 crore has been released for the construction of the centre which is being built at Pharenda in Maharajganj, located in the Gorakhpur Forest Division of Uttar Pradesh.

This conservation centre will also play a major role in the development of Gorakhpur city.

Earlier in 2021, Rs 80 lakh was released for the Red-headed vulture conservation centre project.

Yogi Adityanath had allotted a piece of land for its construction. The Yogi government signed a 15-year agreement with the Bombay Natural History Society under which the land was allotted.