On most weekends, families in Noida head to the usual places — a mall, maybe a movie, dinner at the same familiar spots. But just a short drive away, something different is waiting. You step inside the park, expecting the usual trees and benches. Instead, you pause.

Right there, standing under the soft afternoon light, is a full-grown elephant. Next to it, a giraffe stretches its neck to the sky. A lion rests nearby, calm but watchful. And then you notice something strange. None of them move. None breathe. And yet, they feel oddly alive.

It takes a moment before your eyes catch the detail. The elephant’s broad ears are sheets of metal welded together. The giraffe’s long legs are slender rods. Every animal here has been built entirely from old scrap — metal that once sat in junkyards, now carefully bent, hammered, and shaped into life again.

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This is ‘Jungle Trail’, Noida’s newest experiment in turning waste into wonder. It’s part art gallery, part wildlife safari, and part reminder of how creativity........

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