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Delhi forest dept officials to be trained in leopard rescue ops

A senior forest department said the plan is to train teams that will be equipped to handle human-leopard conflicts, and sensitise the local residents. (Getty Images)

Updated on May 09, 2024 05:40 am IST

Dumping of debris at Sanjay Gandhi National Park border goes unchecked

Mumbai, India - May 2, 2024: Illegal duming of debris at the boundary of Borivali National park near Hanuman Tekdi in Mumbai, India, on Thursday, May 2, 2024. (Photo by Satish Bate/ Hindustan Times) (Hindustan Times)

Updated on May 03, 2024 09:26 am IST

Pregnant leopard killed in road accident on Mumbai’s Western Express Highway

The leopard suffered multiple haemorrhages and fractures.

Published on Nov 15, 2020 11:28 pm IST

Aarey: Final proposal allocates 329 ha forest soon to be part of SGNP

A final proposal for reserved forest declaration has been vetted and submitted to the Maharashtra government for the allocation of 328.9 hectare (ha) within Aarey as a reserved forest under the Indian Forest Act.

Published on Feb 22, 2021 03:56 pm IST

Maharashtra’s SGNP, Tungareshwar sanctuary to get wireless communication network in 6 months

Mobile phone connectivity in the rugged and remote terrain in the Sanjay Gandhi National Park and the Tungareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary is poor which handicaps forest department personnel.

Published on Sept 10, 2020 10:26 am IST

Deer gets kiss of life after crashing through roof of Mumbai slum

The deer after it fell into a shanty in Powai in Mumbai.

Updated on May 10, 2020 07:08 pm IST

Coronavirus outbreak: Borivli, 5 other national parks, 49 sanctuaries closed till March 31

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Updated on Mar 17, 2020 06:00 pm IST

NGT disposes of plea challenging exclusion of Aarey in SGNP ESZ

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Updated on Jan 29, 2020 12:33 am IST

Sultan to rule SGNP, boost tiger population

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Updated on Dec 27, 2019 01:44 am IST

Don’t flout norms part of SGNP’s ESZ notification, NGT tells Maharashtra government

Citizens held a protest march against the cutting of trees in Aarey Milk Colony for the Metro-3 project, at Marine Drive, on Saturday.

Updated on Sept 08, 2019 02:23 am IST

BMC’s operation clean-up for Poisar, Dahisar rivers begins

The BMC will set up sewers along 17-km of its banks and nine STPs at a cost of ₹45.28 crore.

Updated on Aug 19, 2019 02:47 am IST

5 leopards to get radio collars as Maharashtra to begin 2-year SGNP trail

The state government has given its nod to a two-year project, to study the movement of leopards in and around Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP) in Mumbai by radio-collaring (GPS collar) five leopards. (ANI Photo)

Updated on Aug 09, 2019 01:29 am IST

Spot check: 590 animals seen near 40 waterholes in SGNP

The number of animals counted at the Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP) during this year’s waterhole census was 12% lower than last year.

Published on May 25, 2019 05:00 am IST

Now focus on SGNP after Tungareshwar ashram eviction

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Updated on May 19, 2019 11:40 pm IST

Bajirao, last captive white tiger at Mumbai’s national park, dies at 18

Bajirao was born in SGNP in 2001 to tigress Renuka and tiger Siddharth, both white tigers brought from Aurangabad Zoo in 1999.

Published on May 04, 2019 12:30 am IST

SGNP hamlet tackles waste at source to combat man-animal conflict

For the last three months, the residents of Chunapada inside the SGNP have been sending dry waste for recycling, while the wet waste is being turned into compost.

Published on Apr 23, 2019 01:33 pm IST

Leopard numbers in SGNP increase, but infra projects shrink their habitat

The camera-traps, set-up across an area of 140 sq km of SGNP, photographed eight leopard cubs.

Published on Mar 28, 2019 10:50 am IST

Mob attacks forest staff for busting poaching racket in Palghar sanctuary, 5 held

24-year-old Ankush Kendre, a forest guard at the SNGP, who was attacked on Tuesday, is being treated at a hospital.

Published on Mar 22, 2019 12:53 pm IST

11 Mumbai Darshan buses for tourists yet to start running

Mumbai, India - January 23, 2019: New Mumbai Darshan buses standing at Santacruz Bus Depot in Mumbai, India, on Wednesday, January 23, 2019. (Photo by Satish Bate/Hindustan Times)

Updated on Jan 28, 2019 01:01 am IST

Poaching at National Park in Mumbai: Accused confesses to hunting birds

SNGP officials were able to identity the accused, Sushant Dashrath Bhowar, based on the camera trap footage.

Updated on Jan 16, 2019 01:08 am IST

Mumbai’s SGNP to start a fresh probe into 2016 killing of fawn

Forest officials inspect the wire trap snares that were used to capture the animals at Film City in Goregaon

Updated on Jan 10, 2019 01:14 am IST

Leopard cub survives Ahmednagar fire, brought to Mumbai’s SGNP

The leopard cub, weighing 2.4kg, lost two of his siblings in the Ahmednagar fire. He was brought to Mumbai after his mother refused to take him back.

Published on Dec 21, 2018 02:49 pm IST

After Aarey Colony blaze, forest minister wants to draw ‘fire line’ around Sanjay Gandhi National Park

On December 4, a massive fire broke out on a private plot near Aarey Milk Colony near Goregaon. It took 14 hours for the fire brigade to douse the fire completely

Published on Dec 14, 2018 02:55 pm IST

26,959 low-cost houses to come up on Mumbai national park’s border

There are approximately 13,486 slum hutments and 1,795 tribal families in the area, as per SRA’s records.

Published on Dec 11, 2018 12:01 am IST

Raveena Tandon is brand ambassador for Mumbai’s national park, adopts one leopard

The expenses related to the upkeep of the animals will be borne by those who adopt them for a year.

Published on Sept 26, 2018 01:01 am IST

Dahisar river is worth a dam: BMC, forest dept nod for plan

To be built by the International Association for Human Values (IAHV), a part of Art of Living Foundation, the dam will be constructed 750m downstream from the boating area of the river inside the Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP).

Published on Sept 22, 2018 06:21 am IST

Health of 10-year-old leopard better than last week: SGNP officials

The forest department has SGNP to file a report regarding 10-month-old leopard cub, Suraj, which died of suspected poisoning at the rescue centre.

Published on Sept 17, 2018 11:48 pm IST

Leopard cub dies at Mumbai’s national park, officials suspect poisoning

Abandoned by their mother last November in a sugarcane field in Nandgaon village, Ahmednagar district, Suraj and Tara, were brought to SGNP’s rescue centre in December last year

Published on Sept 15, 2018 12:00 am IST

Mumbai gets its first botanical park for bamboo cultivation

SGNP has acquired specimens of various bamboo species from Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Manipur, Mizoram, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal and Meghalaya, and three species from the other parts of the state.

Updated on Sept 01, 2018 09:18 am IST

Goregaon-Mulund Link Road: Mumbai civic body to study traffic impact at SGNP, Film City

The project involves a six-lane 4.75km-long tunnel below Sanjay Gandhi National Park.

Updated on Jul 24, 2018 01:12 pm IST

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