VADODRA: The lion safari park at Ambardi village in Dhari tehsil of Gujarat's Amreli district will help in growing the area as a tourist hub, Chief Minister Vijay Rupani has mentioned.
The leader minister on Tuesday inaugurated the park, spread over just about 400 hectares of land. The park targets to take the tourist load off the prevailing Gir National Park. It may have three zoo-bred lions for public viewing in the wooded area setting.
As in line with the newest census performed through the state wooded area department in 2015, Gujarat is home to 523 Asiatic lions in the Gir wooded area and different spaces in Junagadh, Gir Somnath, Amreli and Bhavnagar districts.
"The lion safari park will help Dhari, a tehsil headquarters, to emerge as a tourist hub," Rupani mentioned.
"It will attract a large number of visitors as devotees from various parts of the country have been visiting the famous temple of Khodiyar goddess located in the area," Rupani mentioned. The park will help in offering jobs to native early life, lodges for accommodating the tourists and promoting the business of hired taxis in the area, he further mentioned.
Rupani criticised the previous UPA executive at the Centre for no longer granting approval to the state's proposal for the lion safari park.
The present Narendra Modi-led executive licensed the project in June this year, he mentioned. Gujarat's wooded area and tribal welfare minister Ganpat Vasava mentioned at this time, there are three lions at the side of 250 deer for public viewing in the new park.
The wooded area department targets to increase the collection of lions for public viewing to eight, for which permission will be sought from the Central Zoo Authority in long term, he mentioned.
The leader minister on Tuesday inaugurated the park, spread over just about 400 hectares of land. The park targets to take the tourist load off the prevailing Gir National Park. It may have three zoo-bred lions for public viewing in the wooded area setting.
As in line with the newest census performed through the state wooded area department in 2015, Gujarat is home to 523 Asiatic lions in the Gir wooded area and different spaces in Junagadh, Gir Somnath, Amreli and Bhavnagar districts.
"The lion safari park will help Dhari, a tehsil headquarters, to emerge as a tourist hub," Rupani mentioned.
"It will attract a large number of visitors as devotees from various parts of the country have been visiting the famous temple of Khodiyar goddess located in the area," Rupani mentioned. The park will help in offering jobs to native early life, lodges for accommodating the tourists and promoting the business of hired taxis in the area, he further mentioned.
Rupani criticised the previous UPA executive at the Centre for no longer granting approval to the state's proposal for the lion safari park.
The present Narendra Modi-led executive licensed the project in June this year, he mentioned. Gujarat's wooded area and tribal welfare minister Ganpat Vasava mentioned at this time, there are three lions at the side of 250 deer for public viewing in the new park.
The wooded area department targets to increase the collection of lions for public viewing to eight, for which permission will be sought from the Central Zoo Authority in long term, he mentioned.
'Ambardi lion safari to help area become tourist hub'
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