India's President Pratibha Patil today visited the Gir Sanctuary, the last habitat of Asiatic Lions in the world.
the president, who arrived in Sasan from Dwarka, went to watch lions inside the sanchuary and spent around two hours, state forest department sources said.
However, it was not clear how many lions were spotted by the President's party.
The department had made special arrangements for President at Kamleshwar dam and Dedakiya where lions were spotted in the last three days. The National Park lies 65 km south-east of Junagarh in Gujarat.
A special 'Dhamal Dance' was also performed by Siddi community later in the evening at "Sinh Sadan" where the President will have an overnight stay.
Of the total of 1412 square kms, 258 square kms are fully protected area. The sanctuary was established in 1965.
in sasan gir hallipad well come's: junagadh collecter mr. ashwini kumar, police supri. mr. maninadarsinh puvar, sansad mr. dinubhai solanki, minister mr. dilip sanghani, MLA dhirsinh barad, MLA bhagabhai barad, DDO rajesh manju, PCCF mr. pradip khanna, DFO mr. amit kumar, ACF dr. sandeep kumar, junagadh municipal corpo. mayor mr. shatish capten, dy. mayor mr. girish kotecha, mr. pravin tank, and HEERBAI BEN, resiv on bhalchhel village.
Gujarat is proud of our Sidi brothers and sisters, SHAME on this puppet pratibha patil
pakpakpakakk 1 month ago
What kind of president is this. When the Sidi woman tries to embrace her (as per our Gujarati parampara and tradition!) she moves away. Mahatama Gandhi's ashes will turn at this. He embraced everyone. Sidi's may be African in origin, but they are Gujarati first! Someone should look at this British Raj protocol that attaches to the person of the president.
ksehmi 1 year ago