Centre sets up 9-member taskforce for monitoring cheetahs in Kuno national park

The Ministry of Environment Forest and Climate Change has constituted a ninemember task force for monitoring cheetah introduction in Kuno National Park Madhya Pradesh and other suitable designated areas said the officials on FridayThe committee members will focus on reviewing the progress and monitoring the health status of these CheetahsUpkeep of the soft release enclosures and protection status of the entire area Adherence to the forest and veterinary officials protocols advice on Cheetah introduction in India to Madhya Pradesh forest department and NTCA on status of Cheetah with respect to overall health behaviour and upkeep read an official statementThe members of the committee will include the Principal Secretary Forests Madhya Pradesh Member Principal Secretary Tourism Madhya Pradesh Member Principal Chief Conservator of Forests and Head of Forest Force Madhya Pradesh Member Principal Chief Conservator of Forests Wildlife and Chief Wildlife WardenAlso Read Our logistics should move at speed of cheetah PM Narendra ModiRetired Principal Chief Conservator of Forests Wildlife and Chief Wildlife Warden Madhya Pradesh Member Alok Kumar Dr Amit Mallick Inspector General NTCA New Delhi Member Dr Vishnu Priya Scientist Wildlife Institute of India Dehradun Member Abhilash Khandekar Member MP SBWL Bhopal Subhoranjan Sen APCCF Wildlife Member Convener are also part of the commiteeThe committees officials will also monitor the hunting skills and adaptations of these CheetahsMonitor release of Cheetah the opening of the Cheetah habitat for ecotourism Suggest and advice on the development of tourism infrastructure in fringe areas regularly interact with Cheetah Mitras added the statementEarlier on September 25 Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that based on the recommendation of the task force set up to observe cheetahs in Madhya Pradeshs Kuno National Park it will be decided when people will be able to see the animalsFriends a task force has been formed This task force will monitor the cheetahs and see how much they have been able to adapt to the environment here On this basis a decision will be taken after a few months and then you will be able to see the cheetahs said PM Modi in the 93rd episode of his monthly radio broadcast Mann Ki BaatHe exclaimed that people from all corners of the country have expressed happiness over the return of cheetahs to India130 crore Indians are happy full of pride this is Indias love for nature PM statedModi further stated that a common question was posed by people when will they get an opportunity to see the wild animals from NamibiaPM Modi invited ideas from the people what should be the names of the campaign and the cheetahsHe further said But till then I am assigning some work to all of you For this a competition will be organized on the MyGov platform in which I urge people to share certain things What should be the name of the campaign we are running on cheetahs Can we even think of naming all these cheetahs by what name should each of them be called By the way if this naming is of traditional nature then it will be very nice since anything related to our society and culture tradition and heritage draws us easilyPM Modi also said that climate change is a major threat to marine ecosystems and that the litter on beaches is disturbingIt becomes our responsibility to make serious and continuous efforts to tackle these challenges he saidThe cheetahs were declared extinct from India in 1952 but on September 17 this year eight cheetahs 5 females and 3 males were brought from Namibia under Project Cheetah as part of the governments efforts to revitalise and diversify the countrys wildlife and habitatThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever