Lion killed after being run over by vehicle in Guj's Amreli

     Amreli (Guj), Nov 22 (PTI) A lion was killed on Monday after being run over by a vehicle in Gujarat's Amreli district under Gir East forest division, an official said.<br>        The lion, in the 3-5 age group, was found dead near Nava Gorakda village on the state highway connecting Savarkundla here to Mahuva in Bhavnagar district in the morning, he said.<br>        "The post mortem confirmed the lion died in a road accident. The lion was hit by some heavy vehicle early morning today," DT Vasavada, Chief Conservator of Forests (Wildlife), Junagadh, said.<br>        In August, a lion was run over by a train in Amreli, while in March, a truck crushed to death another.<br>        As per data from the state forest department, Gujarat lost 313 lions in 2019-20, with 23 deaths taking place due to unnatural causes.<br>        The June 2020 census put the number of Asiatic lions in the Gir forest region at 674, an increase from the 523 recorded in 2015. PTI COR KA BNM<br>BNM   BNM

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