May 07, 2022 7:54 am
The Sanjay Gandhi National Park is spread over 103 sq km and extends from Thane to Borivali on the east-west side, and Goregaon to Dahisar on the north-south side. These slums are largely on the park’s periphery.
February 16, 2022 7:12 am
For a leopard in Maharashtra’s Thane district, this nightmare scenario played out for real, till over over 30 people — from animal welfare groups to forest officials, local administration to villagers — joined hands for a search and rescue mission that took about 48 hours.
January 22, 2022 7:38 am
🔴 ‘Kranti’ became the third leopard to be fitted with a radio collar at the Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP) under the two-year project.
January 20, 2022 8:02 am
🔴 The findings were suggestive of blunt trauma (probably due to falling from a height) resulting in the rupture of the liver, leading to internal haemorrhage and subsequent hypovolemic shock.”
October 01, 2021 8:15 am
Thackeray also instructed that a high-level committee should be set up under the chairmanship of Environment Minister Aaditya Thackeray to find an alternate site.
September 27, 2021 1:24 am
The overpass will be similar to Singapore Animal Overpass
September 06, 2021 4:34 pm
This column is a tour of Mumbai through some of these neighbourhood gardens, parks and grounds which citizens have fought for and guard jealously. The series kicks off with Bhakti Park Udyan.
August 25, 2021 11:32 pm
However, a court on May 7, 1997, had ordered the slum dwellers in SGNP to be removed from the forest land as most of them are encroachers. SGNP Director G Mallikarjun did not comment on the issue.
July 31, 2021 8:43 pm
When the National Board of Wildlife (NBWL) sanctions a project in the eco sensitive zone of the SGNP or any other protected area, two per cent of the project cost has to be given to a mitigation funds.
July 28, 2021 1:23 pm
As per the scheme, a tiger can be adopted at a yearly fee of Rs 3.10 lakh, lion Rs 3 lakh, leopard Rs 1.20 lakh, rusty-spotted cat Rs 50,000, blue bull Rs 30,000, spotted deer Rs 20,000 and barking deer Rs 10,000.
December 21, 2015 12:05 pm
Inside Mumbai’s SGNP, one finds the usual fauna of the jungle sharing space with unusual fauna like joggers, cyclists, fruit-sellers, bhelpuri vendors and picnickers.
June 30, 2015 3:15 pm
Around 35 leopards roam Mumbai’s western suburbs in a 140 sq km area including the Sanjay Gandhi National Park in Borivali and Aarey.