- The central government has approved a budget of Rs 2,900 crore under ‘Project Lion’ for the conservation of Asiatic Lions
- Govt is setting up a lion safari park near Una town in Gir Somnath district to ease the burden on Gir National Park at Sasan-Gir
- The Lion Day was celebrated with great enthusiasm in over 8,500 educational institutions across the ten districts of Saurashtra
NE NEWS SERVICE
GANDHINAGAR, AUG 10
Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel on World Lion Day, Thursday launched a mobile application that will help the state forest department track the movement of lions through the information shared by common people using the app. He also unveiled the ‘Lion Anthem’.
માનવ અને સાવજના અગાઢ સંબંધની ઉજવણી એટલે ‘વિશ્વ સિંહ દિવસ’. ગુજરાતનું ગૌરવ એવા સિંહો તેમજ સૌરાષ્ટ્ર પંથકમાં ફેલાયેલ વનરાજના સામ્રાજ્યના સંરક્ષણ અને વિકાસ માટેના માનનીય વડાપ્રધાનશ્રીના વિઝનને મુખ્યમંત્રીશ્રીએ બનાવ્યું છે મિશન. આવો, આજના દિવસને સિંહ જતનના સંકલ્પનો દિવસ બનાવીએ અને… pic.twitter.com/7npQkvZwN0
— CMO Gujarat (@CMOGuj) August 10, 2023
The application named ‘Sinh Suchna’ was launched at an event held in Gandhinagar. The CM also announced setting up a lion safari park near Una town in Gir Somnath district to ease the burden on Gir National Park at Sasan-Gir.
મુખ્યમંત્રી શ્રી ભૂપેન્દ્રભાઈ પટેલ આજે ‘વિશ્વ સિંહ દિવસ’ ની વર્ચ્યુઅલ ઉજવણીમાં ગાંધીનગર ખાતેથી ઉપસ્થિત રહ્યા હતા. આ કાર્યક્રમ દરમ્યાન મુખ્યમંત્રીશ્રીના વરદ્ હસ્તે ‘લાયન એન્થમ’ નું લોન્ચિંગ, સિંહના ફોટોગ્રાફ ધરાવતી ‘ધ કિંગ ઓફ ધ જંગલ : ધ એશિયાટીક લાયન્સ ઓફ ગીર’ ’ કોફી ટેબલ બુક તેમજ… pic.twitter.com/NKIp0gYObZ
— CMO Gujarat (@CMOGuj) August 10, 2023
“Using the ‘Sinh Suchna’ app, common people can directly inform the state forest department about the movement of lions in their area so that timely steps can be taken. This mobile will help us in locating lions in real time and also help the authorities in avoiding human-animal conflicts,” Patel said after launching the app.
મુખ્યમંત્રીશ્રીએ ‘વિશ્વ સિંહ દિવસ’ ને ગુજરાત માટે ગૌરવનો દિવસ ગણાવતાં જણાવ્યું હતું કે, માનનીય વડાપ્રધાન શ્રી નરેન્દ્રભાઈ મોદી દેશના અમૃતકાળને લાયન કન્ઝર્વેશન અને પ્રોટેક્શનનો પણ અમૃતકાળ બનાવવા પ્રતિબદ્ધ છે. માનનીય વડાપ્રધાનશ્રીએ એશિયાટિક સિંહના સંરક્ષણ માટે ‘Lion@47 : Vision for… pic.twitter.com/mFoFFaHNy3
— CMO Gujarat (@CMOGuj) August 10, 2023
“To ease the burden of tourists at Sasan-Gir, the state government has approved a project of setting up another lion safari park on the eastern side of Gir forest. This safari park will come up near Naliya-Mandvi village in Una taluka of Gir-Somnath district,” he said.
Thanks to the conservation efforts of the Gujarat government, the population of lions in the state has now reached up to 674 and they are found in an area of 30,000 square kilometres, the CM said, adding that nearly 8 lakh tourists had visited Gir last year.
The Lion Day was celebrated with great enthusiasm in over 8,500 educational institutions across the ten districts of Saurashtra
The central government under Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved a budget of Rs 2,900 crore under ‘Project Lion’ for the conservation of Asiatic Lions, which are found only in Gujarat, Patel said. “Under this project, we will set up a breeding centre for lions, an isolation centre and more facilities to provide them timely treatment. The funds will also be utilised to install CCTV cameras, buy radio collars as well as drones,” the chief minister said.
