If everything goes according to plan, the Maharashtra forest department will, in a month, receive approval from the Central Zoo Authority (CZA) to transfer a male and female lion from Gujarat to Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP).

Forest department officials told mid-day that they have asked that a technical committee meeting be set up with CZA officials in Delhi to discuss the move. The state of Gujarat has already given its nod to the transfer of the big cats.