Three new havens for tigers
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1) Ratapani in Madhya Pradesh,
2) Sunabeda in Odisha, and
3) Guru Ghasidas
in Chhattisgarh
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State
governments have been asked to send conservation proposals for the following
areas: Suhelwa in Uttar Pradesh, Mhadei in Goa, Srivilliputtur
Grizzled Squirrel Wildlife Sanctuary/ Meghamalai Wildlife Sanctuary/
Varushanadu Valley in Tamil Nadu, Dibang in Arunachal Pradesh and Cauvery-MM
Hills in Karnataka.
Punishments
for violation of tiger reserve rules and hunting or altering the boundaries of
tiger reserves have been enhanced. As per the Ministry’s country-level
assessment, India hosted an estimated 2226 tigers in 2014.
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India is home to 70 percent
of tigers in the world.
In 2006, there were 1,411
tigers which increased to 1,706 in 2011 and 2,226 in 2014
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