The Environment Ministry said a new rewilding aviary was inaugurated in Rajasthan on October 3 as officials began preparations for a two-bird Great Indian Bustard release. Its afternoon statement explicitly schedules the move into the wild at Desert National Park for October 4, so the ceremony is not confirmation that the birds have already been released.
The Ramdevra aviary gives captive-bred birds space to develop flight muscles and adjust before release. The ministry puts its sanctioned budget at ₹9.25 crore.
The Indian Express’s October 3 report quotes Rajasthan’s chief wildlife warden on a proposed two-chick pilot using radio tags. Officials intend to learn from the initial release before refining later efforts. Longer-term survival in the wild remains an outcome to be assessed.