Lagatar24 Desk
Gwalior, Feb 18: Twelve cheetahs from South Africa have landed at Gwalior Airport in Madhya Pradesh on Saturday.
As per information, cheetahs travelled in Indian Air Force’s C-17 Globemaster Cargo plane. From there, they will be shifted to ‘The Kuno National Park’, their new home in the state.
Meanwhile, CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan expressed his gratitude to PM Narendra Modi and thanked him for increasing the number of cheetahs in Kuno National Park.
“In Kuno National Park today, the number of Cheetahs is going to increase. I thank PM Modi from the bottom of my heart, it is his vision. 12 Cheetahs will be rehabilitated to Kuno and the total number will become 20,” said CM Chouhan.
चीतों का पुनर्वास पर्यटन तथा रोजगार की दृष्टि से महत्वपूर्ण है। प्रधानमंत्री श्री @narendramodi जी ने विलुप्त हुए चीतों का पुनर्स्थापन एशिया महाद्वीप,भारत और भारत में भी मध्यप्रदेश में किया है। पूरा प्रदेश उनका आभार प्रकट कर रहा है।पहले आए चीते पूर्णतः स्वस्थ हैं।#CheetahStateMP https://t.co/yGI79t9IcL
— Shivraj Singh Chouhan (@ChouhanShivraj) February 18, 2023
Earlier the Cheetah Project Chief, SP Yadav said, “We are happy to announce that at 8.30 pm, the 12 cheetahs took off from Johannesburg airport in a C-17 Globemaster aircraft for the Gwalior airport. The cheetahs will land at the Gwalior airport at around 10 am IST on Saturday, February 18”.
In September 2022, eight cheetahs flew to India from Namibia.
Notably, cheetahs are being brought to India as part of the Cheetah Reintroduction project under a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between the South African and the Indian governments.
