During their interaction with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Cheetah Mitras in Madhya Pradesh assured PM Modi that they will spread awareness about wildlife conservation and protect animals. Read on to know more.
During their interaction with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Cheetah Mitras near Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh assured PM Modi that they will spread awareness about wildlife conservation and protect animals.
“It was great to meet the PM. He shared many anecdotes from his life. We assured him that we would spread awareness about wildlife conservation and protect animals. We also told him how we identify cheetahs,” said Kuldeep, a Cheetah Mitra, who hails from Silori village in Madhya Pradesh’s Sheopur district and is a Class 12 student.
He said, “The PM said that if you people take proper care in the forest, then you will also bring more cheetahs here.”
Kuldeep said he went to a nearby village for coaching every day, adding that a few days ago, a team of the forest department had come to the coaching center.
He said, “Students were interviewed for Cheetah Mitras. General knowledge was also tested.”
PM MODI ENCOURAGES YOUTHS TO PROMOTE CONSERVATION VIA ART
Kuldeep, who gifted a sketch to PM Modi on his birthday, said, “I knew it was Modiji’s birthday on September 17, so I made special preparations before meeting him. I gifted him a painting which had a picture of a cheetah above and the PM below and a ‘Happy Birthday’ message was scribbled on it.”
Kuldeep said PM Modi blessed him and encouraged him to paint more.
PM Modi told him, “You will have a lot of time while guarding the cheetahs. During that time, try to make paintings. Share your love for animals by making paintings, and clicking photos and videos. Learn artwork by watching animals. This will further enhance the work.”
Another cheetah friend recited a poem to the PM based on the Kuno National Park in Sheopur. PM Modi carefully listened to the entire poem and praised the young man. He asked the youth to scribble his thoughts more often.
PM LAUDS 50 YEAR OLD’S EFFORTS
When the Prime Minister met a 50-year-old cheetah friend, Lalaram Adivasi, he asked, “Will you also take care of the cheetahs?”
Adivasi said, “There will be no problem. We have come forward to protect the cheetahs.”
The PM praised him and said, “I want only such people.”
70 years after its extinction from India, the cheetahs are back on Indian soil. Eight big cats were released into the Indian wildlife in Madhya Pradesh’s Kuno-Palpur National Park (KPNP) on Saturday by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who termed it a “historic day”. India was home to Asiatic cheetahs in the past, but the species was declared extinct domestically by 1952.
