All the cheetahs will be personally welcomed by PM Modi today on his 72nd birthday.
Eight cheetahs from Namibia have been released into enclosures at Madhya Pradesh's Kuno national park by Prime Minister Narendra Modi today, as part of the programme to reintroduce the feline in India seven decades after it was declared extinct in the country.
The big cats were flown in a helicopter to their new home Kuno National Park in the Sheopur district of Madhya Pradesh where they were released.
Radio collar has been installed in all the cheetahs and will be monitored through satellite. Apart from this, there will be a dedicated monitoring team behind each cheetah who will keep monitoring location for 24 hours, officials said.
Here are the Highlights on Cheetahs' arrival:
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This is a historic moment. Cheetahs will make us more environmentally conscious": PM Modi
PM Modi released two cheetahs from enclosure number one and after that about 70 meters away, from the second enclosure released another cheetah.
Radio collar has been installed in all the cheetahs released into Kuno national park
Radio collar has been installed in all the cheetahs and will be monitored through satellite. Apart from this, there will be a dedicated monitoring team behind each cheetah who will keep monitoring location for 24 hours, officials said.
PM Modi releases cheetahs flown in from Namibia
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has released the cheetahs into the enclosure at Kuno national park. The wild cats will remain at the enclosure, which is 10 kms wide, for a month.
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan received PM Modi at the Gwalior airport.
PM Modi lands at Gwalior airport, to release cheetahs shortly
PM Modi has landed at Gwalior airport. PM Modi, who is celebrating his birthday today, will release the wild cats in quarantine enclosures of the park.
"The cheetahs have arrived in their new home- KUNO - heavenly habitat for our cats," the minister tweeted, sharing pictures from the airbase. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is celebrating his birthday today, will release the wild cats.
PM Modi leaves for Kuno national park
Prime Minister Narendra Modi leaves for Kuno national park, where he will release the eight cheetahs from Namibia as part of the programme to reintroduce the feline in India.
Watch: Air Force choppers carry cheetahs to Kuno National Park
Air Force choppers carry the 8 cheetahs to Kuno National Park from Gwalior Air Force Station.
Cheetahs will rapidly boost tourism in Madhya Pradesh: Shivraj Chouhan
"No greater gift for Madhya Pradesh than the fact that the cheetahs from Namibia are coming to Kuno National Park. They had gone extinct and it's a historic step to reintroduce them. This is the biggest wildlife incident of this century. This will rapidly boost tourism in the state," said chief minister Shivraj Chouhan
8 cheetahs arrive in India after 70 years, to be flown to new home soon
Eight cheetahs from Namibia landed in Gwalior this morning, as part of the programme to reintroduce the feline in India seven decades after it was declared extinct in the country. The plane landed at the Gwalior airbase shortly before 8 am, an official said. A modified Boeing aircraft, which took off from the African country Friday night, carried the cheetahs in special wooden crates during the around 10-hour journey.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will release cheetahs brought from Namibia today, in Madhya Pradesh's Kuno National Park in Sheopur district. The Kuno park was selected as a home because of its abundant prey and grasslands.
Cheeetahs to arrive at Gwalior's Maharajpura airbase
The plane with cheetahs will arrive at Gwalior's Maharajpura airbase, operated by the Indian Air Force (IAF). An hour later, they will be flown in an IAF Chinook heavy-lift helicopter to the Kuno National Park.
Cheetahs For India Riding A Plane To Gwalior, Will Then Take A Chopper The special cargo plane carrying eight cheetahs from Namibia will land at the Gwalior airport in Madhya Pradesh on Saturday morning instead of Jaipur in Rajasthan as planned earlier and the felines will be then taken to the Kuno National Park where they will be released, official sources said on Friday.
The plane will arrive at Gwalior's Maharajpura airbase, operated by the Indian Air Force (IAF), around 5 am and by 6 am, the felines will be shifted to the Kuno National Park (KNP) in a helicopter, they said.