MP: PM to launch cheetah reintroduction programme on September 17

Bhopal: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will arrive at the Kuno National Park (KNP) in Madhya Pradesh on September 17 to launch the cheetah reintroduction programme, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said on Tuesday.

The cheetahs arriving from South Africa will be released in the national park in Sheopur district the same day, he said.

Before the Madhya Pradesh cabinet meeting at the secretariat here, Chouhan shared with his ministerial colleagues that the prime minister will arrive at the KNP on September 17, which is also the PM's birthday, to launch the ambitious cheetah introduction project, an official said.

The prime minister will also address a function of women self-help groups at Karahal in Sheopur, Chouhan said.

At least seven helipads are being constructed in and around the KNP for the expected VVIP movement, officials earlier said.