The conservation status of sloth bear is same as that of Asiatic lion on the IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) Red List of Threatened Species. But a CAG report finds gaps in Gujarat’s conservation strategy on many counts.
In view of "wrong" messages circulating on social media that the firm wanted to establish nearly three dozen mobile towers in Gir National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary, the home of Asiatic lions, for its "commercial benefits", Reliance Jio Infocomm, commonly known as Jio, has decided to put on "hold" its proposal and wouldn't move ahead "unless confirmed" by the state forest