PM Modi Visits Gir on World Wildlife Day, Enjoys Lion Safari :

On Monday morning, in his participation for the World Wildlife Day event in Gujarat, Narendra Modi attended a Lion safari at Gir Wildlife Sanctuary. Before that, he spent the night at the Sinh Sadan forest guest house which is located at Sasan, after offering prayers at the Somnath temple on Sunday evening.

The Prime Minister visited the sanctuary with some ministers and other senior officials from the forest service to prepare for the seventh meeting of the National Board for Wildlife (NBWL) which took place at Sasan Gir. The board has 47 members which include selected persons from different states and NGOs, and the Chief of Army Staff.

On this special day, he also took the opportunity to post on microblogging platform X – “Today, on #WorldWildlifeDay, let’s reiterate our commitment to protect and preserve the incredible biodiversity of our planet. Every species plays a vital role—let’s safeguard their future for generations to come! We also take pride in India’s contributions towards preserving and protecting wildlife. ”

Today, on #WorldWildlifeDay, let’s reiterate our commitment to protect and preserve the incredible biodiversity of our planet. Every species plays a vital role—let’s safeguard their future for generations to come!

We also take pride in India’s contributions towards preserving… pic.twitter.com/qtZdJlXskA
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) March 3, 2025

As part of his visit, the Prime Minister also interacted with women forest staffers as well as gauged conservation action taken under Project Lion, which has been allocated over Rs 2900 crore by the Central government. There are around 30,000 Asiatic lions spread across 9 districts of Gujarat which is now their only home.

To further enhance the wildlife efforts, a state-of-the-art National Referral Center for Wildlife and wildlife hospital has been established in Sasan, along with a wildlife monitoring center in Junagadh.

Last Sunday, he went to the highly regarded Somnath temple to pray at the revered first of the 12 Jyotirlingas, Shive shrine. Also, the PM moved to Vantara, an animal rehabilitation and conservation hospital in the Jamnagar district which treats captive elephants and other rescued animals.