Junagarh, Gujarat:

Whereas lion sightings in human settlements are uncommon incidents, it’s not so unusual in forests or railway tracks surrounding Gujarat.

A video capturing a lion, transferring alongside a railway observe close to Gujarat’s Junagarh, has surfaced on-line. The video was reportedly shot by locals in Palasva village, situated round 6 kilometres from Gujarat’s Junagarh, late on Sunday night time.

The ten-second video exhibits the lion working alongside the railway observe. Based on locals, three lions had been seen working on the observe and later, the massive cats went again to the forest.

Gujarat is the world’s final abode of Asiatic lions and Girnar forests is residence to greater than 50 free-ranging Asiatic lions. Lions are normally noticed on this area within the useless of the night time.

The lions are actually distributed in 9 districts of the state – Junagadh, Gir Somnath, Amreli, Bhavnagar, Botad, Porbandar, Jamnagar, Rajkot and Surendranagar – masking round 30,000 sq. km of space, which is termed the Asiatic Lion Panorama.

In one other incident, a pack of 14 lions had been just lately seen crossing the Ambardi Safari Park Highway in Gujarat.

Earlier this month, a satisfaction of lions was rescued from a railway observe in Gujarat’s Amreli and narrowly averted a collision with a practice due to the alertness of forest officers. The well timed intervention by the Shatruji forest division saved the lives of 9 lions and averted every other mishap.

(With inputs from Mahendra Prasad)