Funds delay Sahyadri tiger plan

SATARA: Paucity of funds has delayed installation of sophisticated highly sensitive cameras in Chandoli National Park and Koyna Wildlife Sanctuary, both part of the proposed Sahyadri tiger project.

The camera trapping is planned to capture images of tigers and the large number of their prey animals in these protected areas.

Sahyadri Tiger Project will be the fourth tiger projects in the state. The rest three tiger projects in the state - Tadoba-Andhari project, Pench project and Melghat project - are in the Satpura range of forests.The exact number of tigers in Chandoli and Koyna sanctuaries is not known. Tigers have rarely been spotted by anyone in these two wildlife sanctuaries. The presence of pug marks had, however , confirmed existence of these wild animals. The Centre had recently announced the Sahyadri Tiger project to protect these and other endangered animals as well as several rare plants found in these bio-diversity-rich region.

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