Junagadh: A farm laborer was attacked by lion in farm area of Umrala village near Bilkha in Junagadh district. The injured laborer is under medical treatment at present in Junagadh based Civil hospital. A laborer was on nature's call in farm area when a lion attacked it at around 7 am. The locals gathered nearby and shouted loudly and also honked to force lion to leave the place. The owner of the farm, Virendra Vala took injured laborer to hospital. Forest department has meanwhile initia...Read More

Junagadh: Forest department has issued a circular and invited the villagers from 17 villages near Sasan to run the open Gypsy car service for taking visitors to jungle safari for lion spotting. The villages are Bhojde, Chitrod, Sangodra, Bhalchhel, Haripur, Najapur, Chhatariya, Surajgadh, Chitravad, Hiranvel, Amrapur Gir, Devgam, Jalandhar, Katrasa, Amrapaur Kathi, Gadakiya, Gundiyali and Malanka. The forest department has proposed allowing five Gypsy cars per village. If more applications a...Read More

Gandhinagar: Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) has conceptualised and implemented the traffic island beautification project ‘The Gir: Pride of Gujarat’ at CH-0, Indroda Circle at Gandhinagar. The project was unveiled by Minister of State for Home and Revenue Shri Harsh Sanghvi, Minister of State for Agriculture, Energy and Petrochemicals Shri Mukeshbhai Patel along with Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) and Director-Corporate Affairs of RIL Shri Parimal Nathwani in presence of Principal Chief C...Read More

Ahmedabad: Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) has conceptualized and developed airport beautification project ‘The Gir’ gallery outside domestic terminal of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International (SVPI) Airport at Ahmedabad. ‘The Gir’ is a miniature replica of the Sasan Gir, the only habitat of the rare Asiatic Lions in the world. The Gir was first developed by RIL in the departure area of SVPI in 2018. It has been relocated and redeveloped outside departure area at SVPI so that not only t...Read More

New Delhi: As per the last population estimation of Asiatic Lions, the density of lions in Gir National Park & Sanctuary is 13.38 individuals per 100 sq.km., while the density of wild prey base there is 11,023 individuals per 100 sq.km. The Minister of State for Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Shri Ashwini Kumar Choubey provided this information in Rajya Sabha on March 31, 2022 while replying to questions raised by MP Parimal Nathwani. According to the statement of the minister, ...Read More

Junagadh: Sasan-Gir sanctuary, the last abode of Asiatic lions will reopen for the visitors from 16th October after the four-month monsoon vacation. The fixed route of the eco-tourism zone in Sasan Gir will reopen for the visitors from 16th October. Online permit booking has already started on the official website of Sasan Gir sanctuary. The visitors are supposed to follow the Covid-19 guidelines issued by the government. The sanctuary was closed for visitors from 15th June 2021. Des...Read More

Gandhinagar: 'We will further cover 3,000 open wells (with parapet walls) for conservation of Gir Lions,' said Parimal Nathwani, Rajya Sabha member and leading name in Gujarat's corporate and industrial arena. Nathwani also made announcement to build a hospital with Intensive Care Unit (ICU) facility and appointment of special doctors there in the service of Gir Lions. Nathwani said this in a documentary video 'Gir Lion - My First Love' which is based on his three-decades of experiences with Li...Read More

Porbandar: Actor Aamir Khan arrived here by air today with his family members and friends. He was spotted at Porbandar airport terminal, watching pictures of Mahatma Gandhi. Porbandar is the birth place of Mahatma Gandhi. The actor later moved to Sasan Gir, the last abode of Asiatic Lions in the world for watching Lions. DeshGujarat Read More

Junagadh: A 72-seater flight of True Jet connecting Kehod to Ahmedabad is likely to start from March 23, said State tourism minister Jawahar Chavda. The plane for Keshod will leave at 10.00 am from Ahmedabad and arrive at Keshod at 11.20 am. Return flight will take off from Keshod to Ahmedabad. Connectivity to Keshod is in a way connectivity to Somnath and Sasan Gir. While Somnath has first Jyotirling temple of Shiva, Sasan is famous for Asiatic Lions and Kesar Mango. Keshod airport...Read More