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09-04-2019, 06:38 PM( This post was last modified: 02-26-2020, 07:15 PM by Rishi )
(06-03-2019, 11:11 AM)Rishi Wrote:
Rajasthan set to get another tiger reserve at Kumbhalgarh
For the protection of tigers & their habitat at the increasingly threatened Aravalli Range, a 4th Tiger Reserve will be set up.
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JAIPUR:After Sariska, Ranthambore & Mukundra Hills Tiger Reserves Rajasthan is now preparing to make another Tiger Reserve. A new road-map has been prepared in Rajasthan for accelerating & augmenting Tiger Conservation. It has been named "Vision 2030".
Under the Tiger conservation scheme, preparations are being made to set up tigers in Kumbhalgarh Wildlife Sanctuary between hills in Udaipur division. There are already diverse wildlife in the Kumbhalgarh area of about 1500 square kilometers. A workshop of leading wildlife experts and forest department officials was organized recently.
In this workshop, Kumbhalgarh was discussed about making the fourth Tiger Reserve and Tiger Conservation of the state. Along with this, a roadmap was also prepared for the protection & connection of Ranthambore, Sariska and Mukandra Hills Tiger Reserve.
As far as history of tigers in in the princely state of the Mewar goes, experts say that there are older confirmed records of Tiger's presence available here in Kodiyat in 1882. After this, Tiger's presence was recorded in Jaisamand in 1925, and in 1939, an English officer in Baghdada was published in a book about killing Tiger. After this, Tiger's presence was recorded in 1945 again in Jaisamand. Tiger's presence was recorded in 1952 Kwaa Kheda Chittor. Along with this, information about the death of Tiger in Panarwa in 1943-44 is in the record.
After independence, in 1952 a letter was written to a hunter of that time by a forest department to kill a man-eating Tiger. After this tigers were reported from time to time. In 1982, a tiger wandered and came to the settlement. Then most recently in 1993, a Tiger was found dead in Forest of Dungarpur. Also in the Ravali Targarh there's confirmed tiger residence in past, along with a record of killing Tiger in Vahein Ghana Rao Saadri.
Rajasthan likely to shift tigers to new locations Rajasthan has three tiger reserves with atleast 85 big cats, of which 66 are at Ranthambore Tiger Reserve, 15 at Sariska Tiger Reserve and 4 at Mukundra Hills Tiger Reserve. Relocation or developing new tiger habitats in the state is now part of a action plan for next 10 years.
Jul 20, 2019
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HINDUSTAN TIMES, JAIPUR: The Rajasthan government is considering introducing tigers at 9 locations spread over 4 districts in the state over the next 10 years in an effort to reduce human-wildlife conflict and provide new homes for the big cats. The feasibility of tiger reintroduction in those sites is being analysed.
State forest minister Sukhram Vishnoi told the assembly on Friday that the forest department was looking at the possibility of introducing tigers in forest areas such as Ramgarh-Vishdhari (19), Shergarh(23), Kumbhalgarh (14), Rawli Toadgarh (26), Jhiri forests in Dhaulpur district, Khetri Bansiyal in Jhunjhunu district, forests of Sultanpur (Bundi district.) & Shahbad (Baran district.). “A feasibility study in this respect will be conducted,” he said.
He said the move was to avoid the possibility of human-wildlife conflict in existing tiger habitats and relocating excess tiger. “A workshop was held in May at which the possibility for distribution of excess tigers through self dispersal, environment improvement and relocation was discussed,” he said.
8 tigers have been relocated to Sariska from Ranthambore since 2004, and 4 to Mukundra in 2018 to decongest Ranthambore & repopulate those former habitats. A male tiger was sent to Sariska from Ranthambore in January to improve the skewed sex ratio in the habitat, but it died in June after being tranquillised.
A senior forest department official said on condition of anonymity, “Relocation or developing a new habitat is part of an action plan for the next 10 years. The objective is to improve the carrying capacity of tiger reserves by village relocation and improvement in habitat, especially for Mukundra Hills and Sariska.”
Dharmendra Khandal, former member of the State Wildlife Board, appreciated the move.
But former IFS officer Sunayan Sharma termed the move to create alternate tiger habitats as “theoretical and not practical”.
Vishnoi said Sariska would soon get a special tiger security force, for which recruitment was being done. The National Tiger Conservation Authority has agreed in principle to create a similar force for Mukundra Hills, he said.
Kumbhalgarh may soon become a tiger reserve Sep 3, 2019.
UDAIPUR: Animal lovers have a reason to rejoice. With an assessment report in favour of tiger habitation and the state government seeking a detailed report on the potential for relocation of the big cats here, chances are high that Kumbhalgarh in Rajsamand district may soon become the 4th home of tigers in the state of Rajasthan.
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Principal chief conservator of forest has written to the chief conservator of forest (CCF) Ram Karan Khairwa, seeking a report on the availability of resources and potential for a tiger reserve at Kumbhalgarh. The CCF has forwarded the letter to DFO, Rajsamand, instructing to submit the report at the earliest.
The proposed reserve's critical tiger habitat area falls between Kumbhalgarh National Park and Todgarh Raoli Wildlife Sanctuary, with option to be extended to Phulwari ki Nal sanctuary.
According to experts, the old tiger corridors are in better conditions i.e fragmentation is not much severe. Of the two corridors, the second one that connects Kumbhalgarh to Phulwari and Polo forests of Gujarat have been found to be more intact.
The area of the proposed tiger reserve would be atleast 1105.79 sq.km from both sanctuaries with 99 natural and 81 artificial water holes.“The area already has excellent prey base which makes it suitable for the tiger reserve. The prey base ratio of carnivorous and herbivorous animals is 652:4688. The number of animals is huge like jackals, panthers, hyena, fox, wolf, sloth bear, mongoose etc,” Rahul Bhatnagar, retired CCF (wildlife) said.
