PM Modi to inaugurate world’s first inter-continental cheetah translocation challenge in MP

By Express News Service

BHOPAL: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 72nd birthday on September 17 is more likely to be further particular in addition to historic, as he might be within the jungles of Madhya Pradesh, inaugurating the world’s first inter-continental cheetah translocation challenge.

Seven many years after the quickest shifting animal on earth turned extinct in India, it’s set to be re-introduced on the Kuno National Park (KNP), as cheetahs from Namibia are more likely to arrive on the nationwide park by September 16, a day earlier than the PM’s arrival.

The formal announcement of the long-awaited arrival of cheetahs from the dark-continent taking place and the PM launching the challenge on the KNP was made by the MP CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan earlier than the beginning of the state cabinet assembly in Bhopal on Tuesday.

“It’s a matter of joy for all of us that the PM will be in MP on his birthday. And to add further to that joy, he will be inaugurating the reintroduction of cheetahs from Africa project at the Kuno National Park in the Sheopur district. The PM will also address a gathering of women self-help groups (SHGs) in Karahal town of the same Sheopur district,” the MP CM proudly introduced earlier than the beginning of Tuesday’s cabinet assembly.

The CM made the announcement concerning the PM’s arrival and inauguration of Africa to India cheetahs translocation challenge after the PMO gave its nod to the MP authorities’s invitation.

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As per official sources within the Sheopur district, the workforce on the bottom is racing towards time to arrange seven helipads in and across the KNP, which is unfold over a 750 sq km space. These helipads will guarantee hassle-free touchdown of the cheetahs in addition to the essential officers and safety employees for the PM’s go to.

Also, all resorts and eating places round KNP have been booked by the native administration from September 14 to September 20.

Earlier, it was deliberate to translocate cheetahs from Namibia in addition to South Africa at one go, however with MoU with SA but to be signed, now cheetahs might be introduced from Namibia first, with which India already has an MoU on the cheetah’s translocation.

As per state forest division sources, 12 cheetahs, together with 4 to 5 females, have been vaccinated and quarantined for a month in Namibia, which is a part of preparations to airlift them to India.

Once on the KNP, they are going to be stored within the 500-hectare enclosure for 2 to 3 months earlier than they’re lastly freed into the wild. They might be first quarantined in part of the enclosure for a month, then shifted into the whole enclosure for round two to 3 months, earlier than being free into the wild, sources added.

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Meanwhile, a group of consultants from South Africa and the Wildlife Institute of India (WII) are believed to have landed at KNP for engaged on the translocation of Cheetahs from South Africa within the subsequent few months.

Following intensive looking, the cheetahs reportedly had change into extinct in India in 1952. The final of the Cheetahs had been hunted by the Raja of Koriya, within the jungles which at the moment are a part of Chhattisgarh in 1947. Five years later, the quickest shifting animal on earth was declared extinct formally in India.

Though the Cheetah Reintroduction Project in India was conceived in 2009, it remained a non-starter for the need of the Supreme Court clearance to the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) plea to reintroduce Cheetahs.

In January 2020, the apex courtroom gave its last nod for reintroducing the extinct species in India. Nine months later, KNP was chosen as essentially the most best website, out of the six shortlisted websites for the translocation of cheetahs.

The Wildlife Institute of India (WII) did an in depth survey of the KNP in early 2021 for the translocation and in July 2021, the MP forest minister made the announcement that Cheetahs could be reintroduced on the KNP.

However, the cheetah’s reintroduction plans had been delayed owing to the outbreak of the Omicron variant-powered COVID-19 pandemic in African nations.

According to knowledgeable sources, it was earlier deliberate to convey the cheetahs from each Namibia and South Africa by July 2022 and the inauguration of the challenge at KNP by PM Modi through the digital hyperlink on August 15 (Independence Day).

But with MoU getting delayed between South Africa and India and another glitches just like the presence of leopards within the enclosure constructed for the cheetahs, the inauguration couldn’t occur at the moment.

BHOPAL: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 72nd birthday on September 17 is more likely to be further particular in addition to historic, as he might be within the jungles of Madhya Pradesh, inaugurating the world’s first inter-continental cheetah translocation challenge.

Seven many years after the quickest shifting animal on earth turned extinct in India, it’s set to be re-introduced on the Kuno National Park (KNP), as cheetahs from Namibia are more likely to arrive on the nationwide park by September 16, a day earlier than the PM’s arrival.

The formal announcement of the long-awaited arrival of cheetahs from the dark-continent taking place and the PM launching the challenge on the KNP was made by the MP CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan earlier than the beginning of the state cabinet assembly in Bhopal on Tuesday.

“It’s a matter of joy for all of us that the PM will be in MP on his birthday. And to add further to that joy, he will be inaugurating the reintroduction of cheetahs from Africa project at the Kuno National Park in the Sheopur district. The PM will also address a gathering of women self-help groups (SHGs) in Karahal town of the same Sheopur district,” the MP CM proudly introduced earlier than the beginning of Tuesday’s cabinet assembly.

The CM made the announcement concerning the PM’s arrival and inauguration of Africa to India cheetahs translocation challenge after the PMO gave its nod to the MP authorities’s invitation.

ALSO READ | Extinct cheetah as soon as roamed Karnataka panorama

As per official sources within the Sheopur district, the workforce on the bottom is racing towards time to arrange seven helipads in and across the KNP, which is unfold over a 750 sq km space. These helipads will guarantee hassle-free touchdown of the cheetahs in addition to the essential officers and safety employees for the PM’s go to.

Also, all resorts and eating places round KNP have been booked by the native administration from September 14 to September 20.

Earlier, it was deliberate to translocate cheetahs from Namibia in addition to South Africa at one go, however with MoU with SA but to be signed, now cheetahs might be introduced from Namibia first, with which India already has an MoU on the cheetah’s translocation.

As per state forest division sources, 12 cheetahs, together with 4 to 5 females, have been vaccinated and quarantined for a month in Namibia, which is a part of preparations to airlift them to India.

Once on the KNP, they are going to be stored within the 500-hectare enclosure for 2 to 3 months earlier than they’re lastly freed into the wild. They might be first quarantined in part of the enclosure for a month, then shifted into the whole enclosure for round two to 3 months, earlier than being free into the wild, sources added.

ALSO READ | Cheetah to reach in India by August 15 as nation indicators settlement with Namibia

Meanwhile, a group of consultants from South Africa and the Wildlife Institute of India (WII) are believed to have landed at KNP for engaged on the translocation of Cheetahs from South Africa within the subsequent few months.

Following intensive looking, the cheetahs reportedly had change into extinct in India in 1952. The final of the Cheetahs had been hunted by the Raja of Koriya, within the jungles which at the moment are a part of Chhattisgarh in 1947. Five years later, the quickest shifting animal on earth was declared extinct formally in India.

Though the Cheetah Reintroduction Project in India was conceived in 2009, it remained a non-starter for the need of the Supreme Court clearance to the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) plea to reintroduce Cheetahs.

In January 2020, the apex courtroom gave its last nod for reintroducing the extinct species in India. Nine months later, KNP was chosen as essentially the most best website, out of the six shortlisted websites for the translocation of cheetahs.

The Wildlife Institute of India (WII) did an in depth survey of the KNP in early 2021 for the translocation and in July 2021, the MP forest minister made the announcement that Cheetahs could be reintroduced on the KNP.

However, the cheetah’s reintroduction plans had been delayed owing to the outbreak of the Omicron variant-powered COVID-19 pandemic in African nations.

According to knowledgeable sources, it was earlier deliberate to convey the cheetahs from each Namibia and South Africa by July 2022 and the inauguration of the challenge at KNP by PM Modi through the digital hyperlink on August 15 (Independence Day).

But with MoU getting delayed between South Africa and India and another glitches just like the presence of leopards within the enclosure constructed for the cheetahs, the inauguration couldn’t occur at the moment.