Overview
- The state cabinet meeting in Khajuraho granted in-principle approval to develop Nauradehi, renamed Virangana Durgavati, as the third cheetah site and cleared shifting some animals from Kuno.
- Madhya Pradesh currently holds all 31 cheetahs in India, with 28 at Kuno National Park and three at Gandhi Sagar Wildlife Sanctuary.
- Eight cheetahs identified in Botswana are expected at Kuno on January 26 after quarantine, according to the state forest minister.
- The cabinet approved a special incentive package for the Maswasi industrial area in Sagar with land priced at ₹1 per sq m, projecting ₹24,240 crore in investment and over 29,000 direct jobs.
- An administrative sanction of ₹2,059.85 crore was cleared for a four-lane Sagar–Damoh road under HAM, alongside 990 regular and 615 outsourced posts to staff new government medical colleges in Damoh, Chhatarpur and Budhni.