Project Cheetah has mobilized the local community and provided them with livelihood options by direct and indirect employment which has resulted in their overwhelming support for cheetah conservation.
In order to strengthen community engagement further, Cheetah Mitras, a workforce of more than 350 people drawn from different sections of society from the fringe villages of Kuno, were provided with bicycles by the Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India, Shri Bhupender Yadav and the Chief Minister, Madhya Pradesh, Shri Mohan Yadav in a function on Monday which was attended by Forest Minister, MP, local MLAs, Public Representatives, DGF&SS Shri Jitendra Kumar, MS NTCA Shri SP Yadav and several senior officials from the State and Centre.