When: April, 2018
What: Lion Safari
Where: Nahargarh Biological Park, Jaipur
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The Nahargarh Biological Park is spread across 720 hectare and located on the Jaipur-Delhi highway, about 12km from the state capital.
This is second such initiative in India aimed at the conservation and population growth of the Asiatic lion.
Wildlife enthusiasts visiting Jaipur’s Nahargarh Biological Park (NBP) will now have the opportunity to include a lion safari in their tour itinerary by April next year. In 2016, chief minister Vasundhara Raje inaugurated the park, which has become a suitable for breeding center of lions and a major tourist attraction.
The park is spread across 720 hectare and located on the Jaipur-Delhi highway, about 12km from the state capital. Lion safari is being developed in 36.72 acre area and with a total project cost ₹ 4 crore that will be funded by the Jaipur development authority (JDA). The state forest department in order to promote eco-tourism, conserve wildlife, facilitate breeding of lions, provide nature education to visitors, have planned the safari.
An Asiatic lioness in the park, Tejika gave birth to three cubs, including Tara a female and two male cubs Tripura and Tejas. The cubs were named by the CM in addition, wolfs, jackals and hyenas too have given birth in the park. “We are planning to shift Tejika and her cubs to the area where the safari will conducted that already houses two lions, including Siddharth, a male and Suhasini, a female, the officials said. The three lions were brought from Gujarat last year, he said.
The project being jointly developed by the JDA and forest department, is progressing fast, the official said, adding that the forest department has completed the grassland development, weeding of juliflora, renovating four old water bodies and interlinking of pipelines. The Jaipur development authority has started fencing work and it will be completed by the end of February, while other civil work, including an entrance gate, a retiring chamber or night shelter, a water tank, a cave, and a visitor path are in process.
The area of the lion safari lies in the Aravali foothills with hillocks with a couple of nallahs that provide visitors a view of the panoramic landscape. The central zoo authority has approved a layout plan of 36.32 hectare. At present, the park has 21 enclosures, where endangered animals, including lions, a tiger, and a leopard among others are provided with a natural habitation.
