PM Modi Birthday: India's wait of 70 years is over. A special flight from Namibia brought 8 cheetahs to India at 7.55 am on Saturday. Cheetahs landed at Gwalior airbase with a team of 24 people. Here experts are doing routine checkup of cheetahs by taking out the cages from the special plane. After this the helicopter will leave with the cheetahs. After 10 o'clock the cheetahs will reach the Kuno National Park.Here Prime Minister Narendra Modi will open three boxes at 11 am and leave the cheetahs in the quarantine enclosure. Today is also the birthday of Prime Minister Modi. Modi will stay in Kuno for half an hour. During this he will talk to the members of the Cheetah Mitra team. School children have also been invited to the park. The Prime Minister will celebrate his birthday with these children.Union Minister Narendra Singh Tomar and Forest Minister Vijay Shah have reached Kuno. Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia will reach Kuno National Park by 9.30 am. Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan will receive the Prime Minister at Gwalior Airport.
From Gwalior...The special chartered cargo flight landed at the Indian Air Force airbase in Gwalior at 7.55 am. Cheetahs were welcomed by fireworks.The flight carrying cheetahs was to reach Gwalior at 6 am. Flight from Namibia was delayed.
From Kuno... Traffic has intensified in Kuno National Park. The program will be held 18 kms from Tiktoli Gate. Due to the late flight, there is a possibility of cheetahs coming from Gwalior after 10 o'clock.
From karahl...A conference of women self-help groups is to be held at Karahal tehsil headquarters of Sheopur district at 12 noon. PM Modi will attend it. Almost all the preparations for the program have been completed. Women from Self Help Groups have started reaching the venue. Trains are being stopped 1 km already.
Leopards will be in cage under Modi's platformThere are 5 helipads within 18 km from Tiktauli Gate of Kuno National Park. Of these, 3 are reserved for the Prime Minister and the helicopters that came for his protection. A 10-feet high platform has been built within a radius of 500 meters from here. The height of the platform will be 10 to 12 feet. Apart from PM Modi on the stage, there will be Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Union Forest Minister and Forest Minister of Madhya Pradesh. There will be cheetahs in a cage of six feet just below this platform.
PM's minute-to-minute program- Arrival at Gwalior by special aircraft at 9.45 am.
- Will reach Kuno National Park by helicopter at 10.35 hrs.
- From 10.45 to 11.15 hrs will release the cheetahs in the enclosure.
- Will leave for Karahal by helicopter at 11:30.
- Will reach Karahal at 11.50 hrs.
- Women Self Help Groups will attend the conference from 12 to 1 pm.
- Leave for Gwalior by helicopter from Karahal at 1.15 am.
- Will reach Gwalior airport at 2.15 pm.
- Departs from Gwalior at 2.20 pm.
- 8 cheetahs also have 2 real brothers
At the University of Pretoria, South Africa, Prof. Adrian Trodiff told that out of 8 cheetahs coming to India, there are two real brothers. Their age is between two and a half to five and a half years. The average lifespan of a cheetah is usually 12 years. Namibian Veterinary Doctor Ana Busto is accompanying the plane to bring the cheetahs safely.
First shifting in the world of large carnivorous wildlifeThis is the world's first project of shifting large carnivorous wildlife. An agreement was signed between India and the Namibian government on 20 July 2022 to bring the cheetahs that would be released into the park's quarantine enclosure.
There will be 500 cheetahs in the country, then we will agree to re-arrangementAccording to experts, the re-arrangement of cheetahs in India will be considered when the number of cheetahs here will be 500. To meet this target, 8 to 12 cheetahs will be sent to India every year from South Africa and Namibia. Apart from this, the genealogy of cheetahs in India will also be involved in this. During this, a complete blueprint of the living standards including the living standards of cheetahs has been made on the basis of international level standards.
The naming will be done only after the study of the nature of cheetahsCheetahs will be named after studying their temperament. Every wild animal has its own nature. Some like humans, some are aggressive. Park's DFO Prakash Kumar Verma says that their caretakers will also be appointed for the cheetahs. The experience of all the caretakers will be taken on record. After this the naming will be done. This may take up to three to five months.