Posted: Tuesday , Mar 09, 2010 at 0102 hrs Ahmedabad:
The state Forest department plans to prepone the census of Asiatic lions as 450 beat guards and foresters to be involved in the activity will be given the additional work during the Gujarat Day celebrations on May 1.
The census work, which was scheduled to start on April 25, is likely to begin now on April 23, said Forest Department officials.
Principal Chief Conservator of Forest (PCCF) Pradeep Khanna said that the matter is still being discussed and the official announcement about the beginning of the census work will come soon.
The In-charge Conservator of Forest, Mayank Sharma, said, “Gujarat’s pride is in the hands of people of the state. In fact, the state has succeeded in conserving Asiatic lions on its landscape because of people’s involvement. It is through the support of the people in Gujarat that the lions are still there in the three districts of Bhavnagar, Junagadh and Amreli.”
Source: http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Lion-census--Gujarat-Day-functions-may-affect-schedule/588487
No comments:
Post a Comment