"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," minister Vijay Shah said.
After being declared extinct in India in 1952, cheetahs are expected to be brought from South Africa to Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh in November this year.
Cheetah to be re-introduced in India from Africa in November: MP govt
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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.
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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.
MP s Satpura Tiger Reserve And Bhedaghat In Tentative List Of UNESCO s World Heritage Sites
Principal secretary (Tourism) Sheo Shekhar Shukla says that Madhya Pradesh has become the only state in the country to get two of its sites on the coveted list.
Outlook Correspondent 20 May 2021, Last Updated at 8:49 am File photo Outlook Correspondent 2021-05-20T08:41:47+05:30 MP s Satpura Tiger Reserve And Bhedaghat In Tentative List Of UNESCO s World Heritage Sites outlookindia.com 2021-05-20T08:49:27+05:30
Two of Madhya Pradesh s unique natural sites – Satpura Tiger Reserve (STR) and Jabalpur’s Bhedaghat-Lamhetaghat have made it to the UNESCO’s tentative list of World Heritage Sites.