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Bihar’s second tiger reserve in Kaimur soon: Union minister Ashwini Kumar Choubey

Union minister of state for environment, forests and climate change Ashwini Kumar Choubey on Thursday said the second tiger reserve in Bihar would be set up in Kaimur.
Bihar’s second tiger reserve in Kaimur soon: Union minister Ashwini Kumar Choubey
Union minister of state for environment, forests and climate change Ashwini Kumar Choubey said the ministry was working on a multi-dimensional approach for conservation of tigers in the country.
PATNA: Union minister of state for environment, forests and climate change Ashwini Kumar Choubey on Thursday said the second tiger reserve in Bihar would be set up in Kaimur.
He said a proposal in this regard was being finalised and deliberations on it were held at the meeting of the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) on Wednesday.
The state forest department had first spotted a tiger through camera traps in Kaimur wildlife sanctuary on March 26, 2020.

“Union forests ministry is finalising the works for declaring the second tiger reserve in Bihar in Kaimur. Discussions in this regard were held at the 19th meeting of NTCA chaired by union forests minister Bhupendra Yadav in New Delhi on Wednesday. After Valmiki Tiger Reserve (VTR), Bihar will soon get the second tiger reserve in Kaimur,” Choubey said.
Earlier, a big male tiger was spotted through camera traps in Kaimur wildlife sanctuary of Rohtas forest division on March 26, 2020. Forests department officials had found evidences of arrival of the tiger to Kaimur wildlife sanctuary from Sanjay Dhubri-Panna Tiger reserves in Madhya Pradesh.
Choubey, who is also the MP from Buxar parliamentary constituency, said locals in Kaimur have told him about tiger-sighting in the past as well. “Other wild animals and migratory birds are also found in Kaimur wildlife sanctuary. A tiger reserve in Kaimur will be good for promotion of tourism in Shahabad region,” the minister said.
He added, “The ministry is working on a multi-dimensional approach for conservation of tigers in the country. There are 51 tiger reserves in the country and steps are being taken to bring more places in the tiger conservation network.”
Till now, tiger spotting in Bihar has been confined to either VTR in West Champaran or Patna zoo. VTR, the lone tiger reserve in Bihar, has a good number of 31 tigers as per the last tiger census.
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