Considered as one of the most ferocious wild cats, Royal Bengal Tiger is the Charismatic Fauna of our country. India inhabits 80% of the world’s total tiger population and hence, Tigers are the most abundant Wild cats found in India. The central state- Madhya Pradesh has the highest population of Tigers in India. Even then, they are tagged as “Endangered” by the International union for conservation of Nature (IUCN). Human-interactions and invasions, deforestation, lesser forest Area, fragmentation- all together have lead to lowering numbers of Wild Tigers. However, ‘Project Tiger’ was launched in 1973 under the government of Prime minister Indira Gandhi to save the national animal of India. The main aim of this Project is to lower the THREAT FACTORS that lead to the depletion of Tiger Habitats and recover the ecosystems to it’s optimum possible extent.
“TIGER RESERVES” is a programme that is initiated by Project Tiger which are being successfully implemented and are administered by the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA). NTCA is a government statutory body constituted under the Wildlife Protection Amendment act of 2006. NTCA has launched an android app called ‘M-STrIPES’ in 2018 for Tiger-Census. The aim of M-STrIPES is to facilitate the location data filling and improving the patrolling in the TRs. There are total 53 Tiger Reserves, including the latest addition of GURU GHASIDAS NP of Chattisgarh.
Here is the list of Tiger Reserves of India :
| STATE | TIGER RESERVE |
|---|---|
| Andhra Pradesh | Nagarjunsagar Srisailam |
| Arunachal Pradesh | Namdapha Kamlang TR Pakke TR |
| Assam | Manas TR Nameri TR Orang TR Kaziranga TR |
| Bihar | Valmiki TR |
| Chattisgarh | Udanti-Sitanadi Achanakmar Indravati TR Guru Ghasidas TR |
| Jharkhand | Palamau TR |
| Karnataka | Bandipur TR Bhadra TR Nagarhole TR Dandeli-Anshi Biligiri- Ranganatha Temple |
| Kerala | Periyar Parambikulam |
| Madhya Pradesh | Kanha TR Bandhavgarh TR Pench TR Satpura TR Panna TR Sanjay-Dubri TR |
| Maharashtra | Pench TR Melghat TR Nawegaon-Nagzira Tadoba-Andhari Sahyadri TR Bor TR |
| Mizoram | Dampa TR |
| Odisha | Satkosia Similipal TR |
| Rajasthan | Ranthambore TR Sariska TR Ramgadh-Vishdhari Mukundra Hills TR |
| Tamil Nadu | Anamalai TR Mudumalai TR Kalakad-Mundanthurai Sathyamangalam Srivilliputhur Megamalai TR |
| Telangana | Kawal TR Amrabad TR |
| Uttar Pradesh | Dudhwa TR Pilibhit TR Corbett NP and its buffer zone-Amangarh |
| Uttrakhand | Corbett NP Rajaji TR |
| West Bengal | Sundarbans TR Buxa TR |
Do You Know ?
Largest Tiger Reserve – Nagarjunsagar Srisailam TR in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana.
Smallest Tiger Reserve – Bor TR in Maharashtra
Until the Last Strip Roars in the Wild, We should guard them and their Habitat.
– IW community.
