Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday will participate and inauguarte several projects in Karnataka during his eighth visit to poll-bound state this year. He will visit the Bandipur Tiger Reserve in the morning and interact with frontline field staff and Self Help Groups involved in conservation activities. He will also visit the Theppakadu Elephant camp in Mudumalai Tiger Reserve and interact with mahouts and kavadis of the elephant camp.
PM Modi will also interact with Field Directors of tiger reserves that have scored highest in the recently concluded 5th cycle of the Management Effectiveness Evaluation exercise. He will also launch the International Big Cats Alliance (IBCA) which focuses on protection and conservation of seven major big cats of the world -- Tiger, Lion, Leopard, Snow Leopard, Puma, Jaguar and Cheetah, with membership of the range countries harbouring these species.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit in Theppakadu elephant camp at Mudumalai Tiger Reserve met the Bomman-Bellie couple, the main stars of the Oscar Award-winning documentary “The Elephant Whisperers.”
With only 2.4% of the world's land area, India contributes to about 8% of the known global diversity. Cheetahs had become extinct in India decades ago. We brought this magnificent big cat to India from Namibia and South Africa. This is the first successful trans-continental translocation of the big cat. With nearly 30,000 Elephants, we are the largest Asiatic Elephant range country in the world. PM Narendra Modi
