Tiger Reserves

Efforts to save the tiger have pushed India's population of the big cat to nearly 2,500, Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar today said hailing the strides the country has made in this regard. Highlighting the need for protecting tiger corridors, he announced incentivising project proponents to give land for compensatory afforestation in Tiger corridors. As per latest official count, India is home to 2,226 tigers, representing 70 per cent of the global popu    Read More...

BHOPAL: As environmentalists across the world are in high spirits for increase of wild tigers first time in 100 years, the population graph of big cats in Madhya Pradesh, a major contributor, has unexpectedly gone down by 22 since January 2015.Eleven of them got killed in the last four months; either due to poison and or deadly electric wire traps laid for wild boars and deer. At least three were killed for sorcery where villagers were lured by cons on pretext of 'r    Read More...

NAGPUR: Amid poaching threats, efforts of wildlife wing officials have borne fruit, as Tadoba-Andhari, Pench and Melghat tiger reserves in Vidarbha have improved their grade from 'good' to 'very good' category. The announcement came with the results of the management effective evaluation (MEE) on Tuesday. MEE is done once in four years by the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) and Wildlife Institute of India (WII) to evaluate whether the chosen approach    Read More...

NIT signs MoU with detailed project report for 30 km long Metro
THIS might be the first step towards fulfilling the dream of a dependable, affordable and time saving Metro Rail for the Orange city. Nagpur Improvement Trust (NIT) initiated the process on Thursday by signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Limited (DMRCL) for preparation of detailed project report (DPR) for 30 kms of metro rail.
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Itanagar: Arunachal Pradesh may get its third tiger reserve after the Dehradun-based Wildlife Institute of India conducts a detailed survey at Dibang Wildlife Sanctuary bordering China to confirm presence of tigers. The institute in a preliminary survey during February-March had already confirmed the presence of tigers and prey population in the sanctuary. On the basis of the report, the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) recently asked the state F    Read More...