Maharashtra: The Maharashtra forest officials said, with the help of Centre and the state government, it has deployed a special tiger protection force which has resulted in ensuring that there is no poaching.
There is a huge development of a special tiger protection force coupled with camera traps and other measures taken by the state government have resulted in sharp increase in tiger population at Tadiba Andhari tiger reserve.
The number of tigers has increased from 60 to 80 in a year.
The deputy director at Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR) core area, told the media that earlier the tigers were traced by following the pug marked. “In 2015, we deployed camera traps, and it is now possible to capture the pictures of tigers passing through the particular area,” said Kalaskar.
Kalaskar added that, the cameras are installed from both the sides at strategic points in the tiger reserve.
Maharashtra minister for forest Sudhir Mungantiwar said that the CCTV networks have been installed at the entry gates and every vehicle and person is recorded in the cameras.
In 2008, the number of tigers was 1,411 while in 2011 it went up to 1,706. It reached 2,226 in the 2014 census. The rise in tiger population has been almost 30 per cent every year since 2008.
