Overview

• The state has put the MoU on hold, pausing a 17,000 sq km plan linking Kuno and Gandhi Sagar to Rajasthan’s Mukundara Hills.
• MP cites the need to stabilise its reintroduced population before enabling wider movement, following repeated cross-border ranging and rescues such as Jwala.
• Rajasthan has sought MP’s signature, commissioned Wildlife Institute of India surveys, and included the corridor in its budget proposals.
• Officials note only two cheetahs are at Gandhi Sagar and argue a corridor offers limited benefit until numbers rise at Kuno and the new site.
• Kuno authorities have also halted work on a highway segment across sensitive habitat pending mitigation, with the route falling inside the proposed corridor area.