Asiatic Lion Reintroduction Project

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MP Government approaching SC on not shifting Asian lions from Gujarat to Madhya Pradesh
 

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D. L Borad

After the formation of the government, Chief Minister Kamal Nath has written letter twice to the Central Government seeking lions from Gujarat.

Quote:MP going to approach Supreme Court of India, to file a contempt petition on non-implementation of lion relocation project to KUNO PALPUR NATIONAL PARK.

  To bring the Asiatic lion (Babbar Sher) to Madhya Pradesh from Gujarat's Gir Sanctuary, the state government will once again approach to the Supreme Court. The government has started working in this direction. Keeping his side, they will put forward the issue brfore court that even after the order has been passed in the year 2013, the Gujarat government is playing dramas in giving lions.

After the formation of the new government, Chief Minister Kamal Nath has written letter twice to the Central Government seeking lions from Gujarat. The Forest Department has also written to the Union Forest, Environment and Climate Change that Palpur Kuno National Park is fully prepared for shifting lions.

The state's special strength / coordination committee formed on the rehabilitation of the lion research expedition to Kuno Park a year ago. The experts in the committee after visiting had described that the park as a lump is perfect for lions, but the Gujarat government is firm on giving lions only after completing all the 32 criteria of the IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) guidelines lines.

The MP government has completed 15 of these criteria. While 17 parameters can be completed in long term. Experts also do not mind this as these can be monitored even after shifting process alongside with the project. The state government has kept this fact in front of the central government. They say that it will take many years to complete the criteria. The government is preparing to file a SLP (special permission petition) in the Supreme Court regarding these facts.

In this, the Government will tell that even after preparing under the agreement in the year 1993, the Gujarat government is not giving lions. It may be mentioned that in the year 2013, the Supreme Court had directed the Gujarat government to send lions to Madhya Pradesh within 6 months. The state level coordination committees had been instructed to prepare a strategy for shifting lions, but Gujarat did not consider court orders.

Shifting stuck for 15 years
The shifting of lions in Kuno Park of Sheopur district has been stuck for 15 years. The Gujarat government is not ready to give lions to MP in any aspect. In this regard, there are currently two petitions pending in the Supreme Court. 

• One of these petitions is from RTI activist Ajay Dubey.
  

• While the second is from Delhi professor.
  

Can not tell right now
In this case, we are going to do something soon. Can not tell now.

      - Umang Singhar, State Forest Minister.

Will file SLP
We are constantly writing to the central government about lending the lions. Now there is a proposal to do something in this matter at the state level level. The SLP can also be filed in the Supreme Court.

- U. Prakasham, Chief Wild Life Warden

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