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A plot on Vihar Lake
ByYogesh NaikYogesh Naik / Updated: Mar 14, 2021, 06:00 IST
SGNP director seeks explanation from
BMC which claims it fenced the area for security reasons
The
Vihar Lake, which lies in the
Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP), the only forest in the metropolis.
Vihar Lake is one of the seven
lakes that supply water to
Mumbai. It supplies 16 million gallons of water to the city, and was the second lake to have been constructed by the British in Mumbai.
A few days ago, when this correspondent was travelling in a helicopter, he saw a plot being carved out with small internal roads, and shot a video. The video was sent to the SGNP director G Mallikarjun who said that the matter would be investigated. Later, the video was also sent to the municipal commissioner I S Chahal, chief wildlife warden Nitin Kakodkar, additional principal chief conservator of
MumbaiMaharashtraIndiaUnited-kingdomBritishNitin-kakodkarSunil-limayeBrihanmumbai-municipal-corporationSanjay-gandhi-national-parkNational-parkMunicipal-corporationGandhi-national-parkMAFSU and FDCM host online International Conference WILDCON 2020 at Nagpur ANI | Updated: Dec 23, 2020 13:50 IST
Nagpur (Maharashtra) [India], December 23 (ANI/BusinessWire India): The WILDCON 2020, online International Conference was held from 18-20 December 2020 and inaugurated on 18 December at the hands of Dr N Rambabu, PCCF (HoFF) and Minister of Forest, Relief & RehabilitationSanjayji Rathod attended it virtually.
The focus of the Conference was "Insights into wildlife conflicts, rescue and rehabilitation: Challenges and Opportunities for Conservation."
The inauguration was chaired by Col (Dr) Prof A M Paturkar, Vice-Chancellor, MAFSU whereas Dr NP Dakshinkar, Vice Chancellor, Durg, NH Kakodkar, Principal Chief Conservator of Forest & Chief Wildlife Warden of Maharashtra and N Vasudevan, MD, FDCM Ltd. were the Guest of Honours.
KolkataWest-bengalIndiaDehradunUttaranchalHyderabadAndhra-pradeshKundanJammu-and-kashmirBareillyUttar-pradeshNagpurPrincipal Chief Conservator of Forest for Maharashtra, Nitin Kakodkar confirmed to
The Indian Express that after receiving information about the sighting, teams were sent to the area and a rescue operation commenced. A police official said additional teams from Hinjewadi and Chatushrungi Police Stations were being dispatched to the area.
On December 9, a male gaur, also known as the Indian Bison, aged between three to four years, was spotted in Mahatma Society, a residential area in Kothrud. Forest department officials were informed by residents and subsequently, the police, municipal corporation staff and fire brigade personnel were sent to the area.
MahabaleshwarMaharashtraIndiaMahatmaRajasthanSataraPuneAshish-kaleNitin-kakodkarMahatma-societyForest-departmentNews-service-punespotted at a banana farm at Rakhunde Vasti of Wangi village in Karmala
After a rigorous search operation, the state forest department on Friday gunned down a “maneater” leopard, which is believed to have killed as many as seven persons and injured four others in Beed, Aurangabad and Solapur forest divisions since November 15.
Speaking to The Indian Express, Nitin Kakodkar, Principal Chief Conservator of Forest (Wildlife), said, “The maneater leopard has been gunned down at a banana farm in Karmala in Solapur district around 6.15 pm today (Friday).”
According to forest officials, the leopard was spotted at the banana farm of Pandurang Rakhunde, at Rakhunde Vasti of Wangi village in Karmala.
AurangabadMaharashtraIndiaPaithanAshtiMangrulKarmalaPuneAhmednagarPargaonSolapurAshok-avateTelangana seeks vultures from Maharashtra for captive breeding, Centre nod awaited
The white-backed vulture has been listed as 'Critically Endangered' on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List. The Telangana forest department needs the vultures for captive breeding, as the vultures at the zoo are aged and not breeding. Updated: December 20, 2020 7:28:18 am
The Nehru Zoological Park currently has around 12 white-backed vultures, most of which are old and not of mating age. (File)
Vultures found in Maharashtra’s Gadchiroli district are soon set to make Hyderabad’s Nehru Zoological Park their new home. The Telangana forest department, which had requested for 10 (5 pairs) of white-backed vultures from Gadchiroli for captive breeding at Hyderabad in February last year, is awaiting approval from the central government.
HyderabadAndhra-pradeshIndiaTelanganaSironchaBombayMaharashtraVibhu-prakashNitin-kakodkarCentral-zoo-authorityInternational-union-for-conservation-of-natureKeoladeo-national-parkThe Forest Department succeeded in killing the man-eating leopard that killed 9 people in three districts | तीन जिल्ह्यातील 9 जणांना ठार करण्याऱ्या नरभक्षक बिबट्याला मारण्यात वनविभागाला यश
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