As per an agreement, Madhya Pradesh to get 15 elephants from which of the following state in an effort to monitor Tiger movement along tiger reserves and national parks?

Option 2 : Assam

The correct answer is Assam.

• In an effort to monitor the tiger movement along Tiger Reserves and National Parks of Madhya Pradesh, the forest department officials intend to relocate 15 elephants from Assam.
• The Madhya Pradesh state forest officials will soon visit Assam to examine the health check-ups of these elephants and complete other formalities.
• The concerned efforts commenced in 2012. Since then, forest officials had visited Andaman and Nicobar, Assam, and Karnataka.
• The team led by Satpura Tiger Reserve director – L. Krishnamurthy has visited Assam twice and is currently selecting the elephants to relocate them to Madhya Pradesh. The team eventually received the Assam government’s approval to bring 15 elephants.

• The Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change has said that the government is set to introduce cheetahs from South Africa into a wildlife sanctuary in Madhya Pradesh by August as part of attempts to rehabilitate the species that had become extinct in the country.
• The government plans to introduce 8-10 cheetahs every year and take the number to 50 over a five-year period.
• A team from South Africa is visiting Kuno-Palpur National Park to examine the arrangements made by the wildlife sanctuary for the cheetahs, the officials said.