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 (04-26-2021, 06:19 PM)Iamwildlover Wrote: Are the cheetah also broughted from Iran according to this document it has written that cheetah will be takend from three countries south Africa,namibia and also including Iran. Thanks sir for welcoming me. IAM very much interested in the project of reintroduction of cheetah in India. My question is that the cheetah are brought from Iran also according to the text which is written at upper direction.
Virtual Meeting:Kuno National Park will get eight African cheetahs, NTCA in preparation
8 cheetahs from Africa will be brought to the forests of Kuno-Palpur. Officials of the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) have started preparations after getting in-principle approval from the MP government. NTCA and Forest Department officials have held virtual meetings in this case due to Corona infection. There will be 8 cheetahs visiting the Coon National Park, 5 of them will be male and 3 female. The central government will soon give its in-principle approval to the NTCA. Garalib says that nine years ago a project to bring cheetahs to the Kuno National Park (then the sanctuary) was discussed. Nauradehi was included in this. Translated from google https://www.bhaskar.com/local/mp/gwalior...87223.html
Bhopal: From Africa to Kuno, 8 cheetahs expected by year-end, NTCA allots Rs 14 crore for cheetah translocation
BHOPAL: Hopes of arrival of the African cheetah are running high with the National Tiger Conservation Authority allotting Rs 14 crore for the project. This means that cheetahs could reach Kuno National Park, in Sheopur, by year-end. The team of experts constituted on the instructions of the Supreme Court had recommended an approximate fund of Rs 22 crore for the purpose. The Union government has reduced it by Rs 8 crore to Rs 14 crore. However, experts believe that the deduction will have no impact on the translocation process. The fund of Rs 14 crore is for the first year of the ëProject Cheetahí, which includes expenses related to sourcing of animals, international transportation, field monitoring and logistics, holding fence and capacity building and so forth. Confirming the news, APCCF (wildlife) JS Chouhan said that the allotment of funds was expected by the end of June, but that there were other formalities also to be done by all the agencies involved in the process. Madhya Pradesh will complete its part of the formalities by the end of September. Three agencies are involved in the process of translocation. Besides the state government and Wildlife Institute of India, the most of the important part of the project is to be handled by the Government of India. The agencies involved in the translocation of the African cheetahs to Madhya Pradeshís Kuno are in constant touch with their counterparts in Africa. The transportation of as many as eight cheetahs has been finalised, but they are trying to find more as it could reduce the cumbersome process for the future. All the agencies have set a deadline of December 2021, which means that around eight cheetahs will land in Kuno National Park by year-end. How the Rs 14 cr will be utilised The fund of Rs 14 crore is for the first year of the ëProject Cheetahí, which includes expenses related to sourcing of animals, international transportation, field monitoring and logistics, holding fence and capacity building and so forth https://www.freepressjournal.in/bhopal/bhopal-from-africa-to-kuno-8-cheetahs-expected-by-year-end-ntca-allots-rs-14-crore-for-cheetah-translocation?fbclid=IwAR2nWVb-Kj_lcYBaXIsolrt3veH393wwTWy4DvyNp2ge3iQN3r5WUOOqKS4
14 Cheetahs to come to Madhya Pradesh for Cheetah project, in November
Madhya Pradesh will be the home of the cheetahs being brought from South Africa. The Government of India has stamped this. The Forest Department has received the approval of the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) on Wednesday. In the first phase, by the end of November, 14 cheetahs will be brought, which will be settled in Kuno Palpur National Park. The Government of India will provide Rs 14 crore for initial preparations in the park. In anticipation of receiving this amount, the park management has started preparations. The cheetah is returning after 73 years in the country. The sub-committee of the Supreme Court's Empowerment Committee had explored possibilities of settling cheetah in Madhya Pradesh as well as in Jharkhand and Rajasthan, but the most favorable place was found to be Kuno Palpur. The climate and geographical location of the park was described by the scientists as totally cheetah. In view of this, the Government of India gave approval to settle the cheetahs in Kuno. The responsibility of bringing cheetahs from South Africa has been entrusted to the Endangered Wildlife Trust, Madhya Pradesh Forest Department, National Tiger Conservation Authority and Wildlife Institute of India. It is worth mentioning that the picture of Leopard with Sarguja Maharaj Ramanusharan Singh taken in the year 1947 is considered to be the last. In 1952, the Government of India declared the leopard as an extinct animal. Experts came in April Other scientists including Dr. YB Jhala, senior scientist at the Wildlife Institute of India Dehradun, have considered Kuno as a cheetah, but experts from South Africa wanted to see the arrangements here before giving the cheetah. On 26 April, expert Vincent came from there, who stayed for two days, saw the whole system and agreed. At the same time, a team of scientists from India is constantly studying in the park. NTCA released time line Construction of special enclosure starts in Kuno, which will be completed by August. NTCA will release funds for necessary arrangements in June. NTCA team will inspect and give question in June-July. To bring 14 cheetahs, a permit will be obtained after depositing import-customs duty by June-July. Telemetry equipment to be purchased by July. The process of bringing cheetah to South Africa will begin in September-October. Vaccination will take place during this time. Cages will be purchased to bring cheetahs in July. International transport will take place in October-November. Translated from google https://www.naidunia.com/madhya-pradesh/...nt-6856877
TN conservationists express reservation over cheetah translocation
Chennai: The arrival of the cheetah from Africa is now a much-discussed subject among authorities at the Wildlife life Institute of India, Dehradun and National Tiger Conservation Authority Delhi. But, there are conservationists and animal behaviourists who have expressed reservations over the Rs 14 crore project that promises the translocation of 6 to 8 cheetahs in a phased manner. Last year, the Supreme Court allowed the Centre to introduce the African cheetah to a suitable habitat in India, including Kuno Palpur in Madhya Pradesh, almost 10 years after the plan was mooted by former environment minister Jairam Ramesh. “In general, as far as possible, we should not play God,” wildlife biologist Dr Ravi Chellam, CEO of Metastring Foundation and member of Biodiversity Collaborative, said. “It is true that the grasslands are a very neglected part of the Indian landscape. But India already has resident species present in grasslands that are charismatic enough to do the same job. We have a wolf, caracal, great Indian bustard, Bengal florican, chinkara. It is not as if we do not have enough or more species which can execute that representation,” Chellam, who studied the ecological behaviours of lions in Gir sanctuary, told DT Next. “Natural extinction should be allowed to proceed as the reintroduction of cheetah will not serve a conservative role as other carnivores are already occupying the habitat. Further, the cheetahs brought from Africa will face threat from other big cats and there should be continuous monitoring of the project,” opined conservation scientist A Kumaraguru of Biodiversity Conservation Foundation, Tiruchy. According to sources in the Tamil Nadu Forest Department, only pockets of central India can sustain the cheetah population if reintroduced. The grasslands in Tamil Nadu are adversely affected or located in higher altitudes occupied by tigers and leopards. Introducing the carnivore will help states boost wildlife tourism and the focus should be more on protecting grasslands and water bodies where the cheetahs are introduced, sources said, dismissing the immediate possibilities of introducing cheetahs in south India. https://www.dtnext.in/News/TamilNadu/2021/05/23013412/1296096/TN-conservationists-express-reservation-over-cheetah-.vpf?fbclid=IwAR0bogC52MrgGsf7PW9LlA5axV7MuhfiQMfbit4kCkhYwRKtvPtZ6Xl2TcM
Cheetah to be re-introduced in India from Africa in November: MP govt
Cheetah, the world's fastest land animal which was declared extinct in India in 1952, is expected to be re-introduced into the country in November this year at the Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh, state Forest Minister Vijay Shah said on Sunday. The country's last spotted cheetah died in Chhattisgarh in 1947 and it was declared extinct in the country in 1952. The Wildlife Institute of India (WII) some years back prepared a cheetah re-introduction project. The Supreme Court had earlier given its approval to introduce African cheetahs to a suitable habitat in India on an experimental basis. "We have started the process of creating an enclosure for around 10 cheetahs, including five females, to be brought from South Africa to Kuno in Sheopur district and it is going to be completed by August," Shah told news agency PTI. Officials from India will be sent to South Africa for sensitisation and training in June and July this year and according to the plan, the transportation of the cheetahs will take place in October and November, he said. Kuno, located in the Chambal region, is spread over an area of over 750 sq km and has a conducive environment for the cheetah, he said. The protected area, comprising a considerable population of four-horned antelopes, chinkara, nilgai, wild boar, spotted deer and sambar, has a good prey base for the cheetahs, he said. "According to the approved timeline sent to us by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change this week, the tentative budget outlay of the 'Project Cheetah' is Rs 1,400 lakh for this fiscal," the minister said. The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) is going to release the money for the project to Madhya Pradesh and the Wildlife Institute of India (WII) at Dehradun next month, Shah said. An expert from South Africa visited the Kuno National Park on April 26 this year along with scientists from the WII and inspected the facilities and habitat created there for the introduction of African cheetahs. They approved it and now the final process of bringing the cheetah is underway, a forest official said. Earlier, experts from the WII had visited four places in Madhya Pradesh to look for the best habitat for the introduction of African cheetah in the country last year, Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests J S Chauhan, told PTI. The WII team had visited the Kuno National Park in MP's Sheopur district, the Nauradehi sanctuary in Sagar district, the Gandhi Sagar sanctuary on the northern boundary of Mandsaur and Neemuch districts and the Madhav National Park in Shivpuri district, Chauhan said. "Madhya Pradesh had in the past been home to cheetahs. The state has a long conservation history...we have the habitat. We also have a successful animal translocation track record," Chauhan said, referring to the tiger reintroduction programme in the Panna Tiger Reserve in 2009. Cheetah is considered vulnerable under the International Union for Conservation of Nature's (IUCN) red list of threatened species, with a declining population of less than 7,000 found primarily in African savannas. The Supreme Court last year set up a three-member committee to guide the NTCA on the cheetah re-introduction project. The panel has asked the WII to carry out a technical evaluation of all possible sites for the re-introduction of cheetah in the country. https://indianexpress.com/article/india/cheetah-to-be-re-introduced-in-india-from-africa-in-november-mp-govt-7326967/ 
Nauradehi sanctuary included in cheetah project race, cheetah can come
Preparations are on to bring the extinct species cheetah from India to Africa and in the first phase, cheetahs are being brought to Ku No Palpur Park. Due to which it was being speculated that cheetahs can no longer come in the Nauradehi Sanctuary, which is included in the biggest sanctuary of the state, but is still included in the Nauradehi Sanctuary Race for cheetah habitat and in the second phase when cheetahs will be brought to India. It is likely that he will come to the Nauradehi Sanctuary itself. For the second time the team came here from Dehradun to survey the cheetah, but after some members were corona positive, this team went back and is coming soon. At the same time, all three cubs have turned two years old in May and are filling their stomach by hunting themselves. The team went back due to infection Nauradehi Sanctuary is the largest sanctuary in Madhya Pradesh. To settle the cheetahs, only Nauradehi was to be selected first, for which once the team had gone from Dehradun by survey. After which there was talk of bringing cheetah in Koo no Palpur Park, but the team felt that cheetah could remain in Nauradehi too and for the second time team members reached Nauradehi from Dehradun to take stock of the situation here. Had to stay here. The Cheetah Project had to go through the Beato of the Ranges under the Nauradehi Sanctuary and collect all the information, but some of the team members got corona infected and the team went back, leaving the survey in the middle. The cheetah who came to the Nauradehi Sanctuary went to the Palpur Park. Translated from google https://www.naidunia.com/madhya-pradesh/...ws-6869813
Like Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat is also home to Cheetahs, efforts should be made
The Cheetah will arrive in the neighboring state in November The Center had also directed Gujarat to look for a suitable place for cheetah habitat but no action has been taken Gandhinagar: At a time when Gujarat's Asiatic Lions have become famous all over the world, a project was in the approval stage to make the extinction of the extinct cheetah possible through the efforts of the Indian government, but it is being delayed. The Forest Department believes that the habitat for cheetahs was last seen in the Banni Grassland of Kutch, which could be re-prepared for Cheetahs. The majority of Cheetah populations are in six African countries, with Zimbabwe having 1,200 cheetahs two decades ago, about half the size of buses today. The world's cheetah population is 7,100. The project was last considered by Jairam Ramesh in the UPA government in 2009 and has now been approved by the Modi government. Apart from Gujarat, the Indian government has selected Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Chhattisgarh for cheetah habitat. There are 10 sites in these five states where rehabilitation is possible. According to the forest official, cheetahs can be bred in Kuno-Palpur, Nauradehi in Madhya Pradesh, Moyar in Tamil Nadu, Tal Chhapar in Rajasthan, Shahgarh, Velavadar in Gujarat and Banni in Kutch. A report by The Wildlife Institute of India and Wildlife Trust of India notes that the Banni area of Kutch in Gujarat is an excellent place to bring cheetahs to India, where cheetahs can find open ground. . The Gujarat government could not present its claim at this time. The bunny was not mentioned in the report, which contained 50 cheetahs at a time. A state forest department official said the cheetahs likes grasslands and Banni’s grassland is the best for him. In addition, the population of Jackals is good in the black hill area. Now, if the Chief Minister of the state Vijay Rupani makes a proposal to the Center, the Central Government can bring cheetahs from outside India by mentioning Kutch in Gujarat. The Maharaja of Kolhapur imported leopards for hunting from Africa in 1937 at a cost of પા 10,000. For the next five years, cheetahs were seen in Orissa, Andhra Pradesh and some other areas, but the Indian government declared them extinct in 1952 due to lack of evidence. There have been repeated proposals to resettle leopards in India since 1970, but the government has not been ready. The Supreme Court has also earlier allowed the Center to house cheetahs wherever it deems fit. Madhya Pradesh is a leader for cheetah habitat ... The world's fastest running cheetah can be seen roaming the forests of India after 71 years, as long-running efforts will find the animal in November this year. Madhya Pradesh Forest Minister Vijay Shah has said that cheetahs will be brought to India from Africa on a pilot basis. This has also got the approval of the Supreme Court and the Central Government. The cheetah will be kept in Kuno National Park. Before independence, India was home to cheetahs, but the last cheetah died in Chhattisgarh in 1947 due to increasing hunting and declining forests. Gujarat does not see any concrete progress in this direction. https://www.gujaratsamachar.com/news/mad...in-gujarat
What delayed the introduction of African Cheetah into Indian reserves?
Aside from the numerous tragedies caused by the second wave of Covid- 19 in India, another victim appears to be the ambitious wildlife project to introduce African Cheetahs into the Kuno Palpur reserve in Madhya Pradesh. Originally slated for August 15, this project has been delayed by at least three months. A decision to defer the arrival of the big cats was taken at a meeting of the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) in Delhi recently. Till about mid-April, the Madhya Pradesh forest department had been working overtime to get Cheetahs from Africa to Kuno Palpur by August 15. A success on this front would have been a feather in the state forest department’s cap. Dr Vincent van der Merve, Cheetah Meta-population coordinator of the Endangered Wildlife Trust in South Africa, had made a trip to Kuno Palpur in late April along with Dr Y.V. Jhala of the Wildlife Institute of India (WII). The expert studied the habitat and found it suitable for the introduction of Cheetahs from Africa. While the exact number of Cheetahs to be brought from South Africa has not been decided, wildlife managers in MP are keen that at least 8 specimens—including 5 males and 3 females—be brought in. An enclosure measuring six square kilometres is to be set up at Kuno. The animals would be released into this enclosure for the time being. Later, the males would be released into the wild before the females. While the Cheetahs to come to India will be donated by the South African group, the cost of transportation is to be borne by India. A budget of Rs 14 crore has been allocated for this purpose. After the field visit by the South African expert, a meeting was convened by the NTCA on April 30, at which it was decided to delay the arrival of the Cheetahs by a few months owing to the pandemic. Officials felt that a visit to South Africa and then getting the animals to India and transporting them to the reserve by road during the pandemic would be problematic. As per the new timeline prepared by the NTCA, the Cheetahs will be brought into India by November. As per the timeline, the MP forest department has been asked to complete the preliminary work of fencing to create the enclosure by August, while all permissions from CITES (the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora), import reserve letters and custom permits are to be made ready by July. The specimens to be brought to India are to be captured by October. The Kuno Palpur reserve, a national park spread of 749 square kilometres, has been chosen as the first site for the introduction of Cheetahs. Subsequently, more sites in MP and Rajasthan that have shown potential can be added. Conceived in 2009, the plan to introduce the African Cheetah in India was put on hold after the Supreme Court stayed the plan. After the case was revisited, Cheetah introduction was cleared by the Supreme Court in January 2020. A three-member committee, comprising wildlife expert M.K. Ranjitsinh, DG Wildlife Institute of India, Dhananjai Mohan and DIG Wildlife has been constituted by the apex court to oversee the introduction of the African Cheetah in India. https://www.indiatoday.in/india-today-insight/story/what-delayed-the-introduction-of-african-cheetah-into-indian-reserves-1807700-2021-05-27
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Cheetahs to be re-introduced in India, MP's Kuno National Park to get 10 from Africa in November India's last spotted cheetah died in Chhattisgarh in 1947 and it was declared extinct in the country in 1952.  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author Published: 23rd May 2021 05:03 PM | Last Updated: 23rd May 2021 05:03 PM | A+A A-  *This image is copyright of its original author African cheetah with cubs (File Photo | AP) By PTI BHOPAL: Cheetah, the world's fastest land animal which was declared extinct in India in 1952, is expected to be re-introduced into the country in November this year at the Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh, state Forest Minister Vijay Shah said on Sunday.
The country's last spotted cheetah died in Chhattisgarh in 1947 and it was declared extinct in the country in 1952. The Wildlife Institute of India (WII) some years back prepared a cheetah re-introduction project. The Supreme Court had earlier given its approval to introduce African cheetahs to a suitable habitat in India on an experimental basis. "We have started the process of creating an enclosure for around 10 cheetahs, including five females, to be brought from South Africa to Kuno in Sheopur district and it is going to be completed by August," Shah told PTI. Officials from India will be sent to South Africa for sensitisation and training in June and July this year and according to the plan, the transportation of the cheetahs will take place in October and November, he said. Kuno, located in the Chambal region, is spread over an area of over 750 sq km and has a conducive environment for the cheetah, he said. The protected area, comprising a considerable population of four-horned antelopes, chinkara, nilgai, wild boar, spotted deer and sambar, has a good prey base for the cheetahs, he said. "According to the approved timeline sent to us by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change this week, the tentative budget outlay of the 'Project Cheetah' is Rs 1,400 lakh for this fiscal," the minister said. The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) is going to release the money for the project to Madhya Pradesh and the Wildlife Institute of India (WII) at Dehradun next month, Shah said. An expert from South Africa visited the Kuno National Park on April 26 this year along with scientists from the WII and inspected the facilities and habitat created there for the introduction of African cheetahs. They approved it and now the final process of bringing the cheetah is underway, a forest official said. Earlier, experts from the WII had visited four places in Madhya Pradesh to look for the best habitat for the introduction of African cheetah in the country last year, Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests J S Chauhan, told PTI. The WII team had visited the Kuno National Park in MP's Sheopur district, the Nauradehi sanctuary in Sagar district, the Gandhi Sagar sanctuary on the northern boundary of Mandsaur and Neemuch districts and the Madhav National Park in Shivpuri district, Chauhan said. "Madhya Pradesh had in the past been home to cheetahs. The state has a long conservation history...we have the habitat. We also have a successful animal translocation track record," Chauhan said, referring to the tiger reintroduction programme in the Panna Tiger Reserve in 2009. Cheetah is considered vulnerable under the International Union for Conservation of Nature's (IUCN) red list of threatened species, with a declining population of less than 7,000 found primarily in African savannas. The Supreme Court last year set up a three- member committee to guide the NTCA on the cheetah re-introduction project. The panel has asked the WII to carry out a technical evaluation of all possible sites for the re-introduction of cheetah in the country.
Experts divided over park for lion, cheetah relocation
Cyclone Tauktae’s impact on Gujarat’s Gir national park, the country’s only home for lions in the wild, triggered a debate whether Madhya Pradesh’s Kuno Palpur wildlife reserve should take in some of the affected animals or go ahead with the planned relocation of cheetahs from Africa, conservation experts said on Monday. Most wildlife experts say Kuno should get lions from Gir as the habitat was originally developed for relocation of the big cats so that they could get a second home outside Gujarat, more so after the devastating Tauktae felled about 2.5 million trees in Gir. Though the Gujarat forest department said no lion died because of the cyclone, wildlife experts said Tauktae was a warning to governments that India needs a second home for the big cats. “You can relocate people to safer places before a cyclone comes. Not wildlife. You need a second home for them to ensure that the Asiatic lion species is not wiped out from the wild,” said a scientist from the Wildlife Institute of India, wishing not to be identified. The idea of finding a second home for lions was mooted in the early 1990s and the Madhya Pradesh government started developing Kuno as a second home for Asiatic lions. The Gujarat government refused to share lions with Madhya Pradesh, saying they were the pride of Gujarat. Environmental activists filed a petition in the Supreme Court seeking directions to the Gujarat government to provide lions to Kuno. The Gujarat government refused to give lions to Madhya Pradesh arguing that they were safe in Gir and the state would create a second home for them, if needed, within Gujarat. Lions did not get a second home even eight years after the Gujarat government told the Supreme Court this, despite almost 40% of the lion population in Gujarat living outside notified wildlife areas and being vulnerable to diseases from livestock. According to wildlife experts, 1,400sq km of Gir National Park has carrying capacity of about 250 or so lions and the park attained that level more than two decades ago. “It (the overpopulated Gir) has twofold implications,” said wildlife biologist Meena Venkatraman, who has worked in Gir for more than two decades. “First, for the animal himself, and second, for the people living around them.” The signs of these implications are visible. In September 2018, 27 lions in Gir died because of canine distemper virus (CDV) while 37 others had to be quarantined. Gujarat forest department data shows that lion deaths because of conflict with people are on the rise. As per information provided to the state assembly, 159 lions died in 2020 as compared to 154 in 2019 in and around Gir and about one-third of them were probably because of conflict with humans. Lions in a Hyderabad zoo contracting Covid-19 and Cyclone Tauktae revived the debate whether the animals need a new home. Wildlife biologist and conservation scientist Ravi Chellam said the possibility of the lion population getting wiped out because of a natural disaster is high though that of the cats in the wild contracting the virus from humans is “close to zero”. In the present circumstances, Kuno appears to be viable for translocation of lions as it was developed for them but it may not be readily available. A Supreme Court-appointed expert committee has decided to import cheetahs from South Africa in the green habitat, bordering Rajasthan’s Ranthambore tiger reserve. The central government earlier this month informed the Madhya Pradesh forest department that it could import eight cheetahs by November this year. “Since the beginning Kuno was developed to receive Asiatic lions and was never seen from cheetah perspective,” said Faiyaz Khudsar, a wildlife biologist. Those in favour of introduction of cheetahs such as MK Ranjitsinh said the project would help India in protecting some of its lost grasslands and create new wildlife habitats. Cheetahs were last spotted in India in the 1950s and Ranjitsinh first tried for their relocation from Iran in the 1970s. He was able to convince environment minister Jairam Ramesh in 2010 to get cheetahs and an expert committee headed by him was formed. The Supreme Court, however, imposed a stay on the project after wildlife conservationists approached the court. “...Conservation of cheetahs can help in conserving grasslands and protecting grassland species like the Great Indian Bustard that are now less than 200 in India. Kuno may not be perfect but it is a good option,” Ranjitsinh had said in 2020. Madhya Pradesh’ principal chief conservator of forests (wildlife), Alok Kumar, said, “We are leaving no stone unturned to develop Kuno as one of the best habitats for cheetahs. We have started construction of boundary wall and cutting thorny bushes.” https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/experts-divided-over-park-for-lion-cheetah-relocation-101622514215016.html
Sheopur: African cheetahs will come to Kuno in November, Principal Secretary asked to complete the wire fencing by August
South African cheetahs are expected to arrive in Kuno-Palpur National Park by November. In such a situation, the Forest Department and Kuno Management have also expedited the preparations. Ashok Varnwal, Principal Secretary, Forest Department and Chief Forest Conservator of Wildlife Alok Kumar, who came to Sheopur on a two-day visit on Thursday, have instructed the Kuno management to get the work done other than wire fencing till August. Let us inform here that Principal Secretary Mr. Varnwal had come to Sheopur on Thursday afternoon. The Principal Secretary was accompanied by CCF Gwalior Shashi Malik, CCF Lion Project CS Nenama. The principal secretary went to Palpur area of the park on Thursday, where cheetahs would be settled. The Principal Secretary told DFO Kuno PK Verma that African leopards would come to Kuno by the end of November. So speed up the preparations. Instructions for getting this done: Principal Secretary Shri Varnwal directed DFO Verma to expedite the work of wire facing in the Palpur area where the cheetahs will be settled. Along with this, four-five places high watch tower, high zoom quality CCTV cameras besides lighting were asked. Along with this, instructions have also been given for grass management, closure of the wells in the plains with netting, filling of barriers in the fields and pruning of thorny bushes. Principal Secretary Varnwal had left for Shivpuri on Friday afternoon. The park is spread over an area of 748.7618 sq.km: ccording to Kuno DFO Verma, Kuno Century came into existence in the district in the year 1996. At that time its area was 344.686 square kilometers. In September 2016, a proposal was sent to the MP Government, demanding the status of National Park to Kuno. The area of Kuno was increased to 404.0758 square kilometers. That is, the area of Kuno has now become 748.7618 square kilometers. Version: The Principal Secretary had come to Kuno Park with a 4-member team. He has been asked to expedite other works including wire facing in the park. If all goes well, then in November, African cheetahs will be seen running in the park. Translated from google. https://www.naidunia.com/madhya-pradesh/...st-6888933
Tiger's roar will soon be heard in Shivpuri, Cheetah corridor will be built between Kuno and Madhav National Park
In the coming times in Madhav National Park, sitting in silence for two decades, only Tiger will be heard roaring. Once again, efforts are being made to settle the tiger in the national park. For this, on Saturday, Principal Secretary, Forest Department, Ashok Varnabal inspected Madhav National Park on Environment Day. Principal Secretary Ashok Varnabal had come to Kuno to take stock of the preparations before the cheetah settled there. From there he came to Shivpuri. While visiting them, the Forest Department and National Park Management told them the possibilities here. If Tiger comes again in the district, then once again Madhav National Park will become a center of attraction for tourists. A proposal will be made soon to bring Tiger and help will be taken from other sanctuaries of the country. Apart from this, a Cheetah Corridor will also be built between Madhav National Park and Kuno. By November this year, 14 cheetahs from South Africa will arrive in Kuno. The Kuno and Pohri Forest Ranges border it. By making corridors in Pohri and Satanwada Forest Range, a way for Cheetah to move between these two National Parks will be prepared. When the tiger arrives in Madhav National Park, it will also be able to move through this corridor. The work of building the corridor will be started after the arrival of Cheetah in November. Tiger will live in jungle environment, not in safari The eco-system here will be greatly benefited by the arrival of tiger in the national park, because tiger is an important link of the eco-system. At the same time, tourism of the district will also be greatly benefited by this. Till about 22 years ago, there used to be a tiger safari here, but this time when the tiger comes, it will not be in the safari, but in the open environment of the forest. For this, full possibilities have been seen in the park. Along with the removal of fields, the work of boundary and fencing will also be done. The exercise was started in the year 2000, after 40 crores the result was cipher The exercise to expand the boundary of Madhav National Park and re-establish Tiger Safari was started in the year 2000. After that its proposal was prepared and sent. After getting the approval, the work of displacement of 13 villages was started. After fixing the compensation, the park management and revenue staff together distributed compensation to the villagers. 40 crores were spent during this period. To complete this process, some other villages including Arjungawan, Lakhangwan, Balarpur, Mitlauni, Kanthi were displaced, which were situated in the boundary of Madhav National Park. Villagers of these villages were also given compensation of house along with farming on per family basis, but even after taking compensation, many villagers are still doing farming in these areas. The issue of Tiger Safari in the National Park has been raised by MP KP Yadav in the Lok Sabha during the Question Hour. Tiger Safari was built on the initiative of Scindia in 1988 Tiger safari inside the national park was started on the initiative of the then Union Minister Madhavrao Scindia and the tigers named Patu and Tara were brought here in the year 1988. After this the lineage increased and at one point the number reached up to 10. Later the cubs died due to some reason. It is even told that due to Tara becoming a cannibal, she was sent to the Wildlife Park Bhopal. After this Tiger Safari was closed in the year 1999, which was started to be restored. Possibilities were also searched for cheetah When the exercise of bringing cheetah to Kuno was started, then possibilities were also explored for it in Madhav National Park. In November last year, a team of three scientists from Wildlife Institute of India Dehradun visited Madhav National Park and saw the possibilities. Then he also saw the possibility of settling Tiger here with Cheetah. However, the exercise of bringing cheetah to the part of Madhav National Park could not be successful. Translated from google https://www.naidunia.com/madhya-pradesh/...ws-6889120 |
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