Union
Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Shri Bhupender Yadav
informed in a series of tweets about Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh Shri
Shivraj Singh Chauhan and Union Minister of Civil Aviation Shri Jyotiraditya
Scindia releasing two tigers, a 4 year old male from Satpura Tiger Reserve and
a three and half year old tigress from Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserves, into the
specially created soft release enclosures in Madhav National Park, Madhya
Pradesh.
Shri Yadav said Under Prime Minister
Shri Narendra Modi India is making phenomenal progress in wildlife conservation
and promoting tourism related livelihood opportunities for local communities.
Madhav
National Park, one of the oldest National Park of Madhya Pradesh notified in
1956, had sizeable tiger population in the past. Over the years, the national
park had sporadic presence of tiger and the last reported tiger presence was in
2012. Spread over an area of 354.61 sq km, the location of the park assumes
conservation significance as it has the
potential to connect Panna Tiger Reserve of Madhya Pradesh with Ranthambore
Tiger Reserve in Rajasthan.
As part
of the proposal to re-establish tiger population in Madhav National Park, the
Madhya Pradesh Forest Department had prepared a plan for translocating 5 tigers
(2 males and 3 females) from Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve and Panna Tiger Reserves
and from the surroundings of Bhopal.
For housing the tiger, 3 enclosures
of 1.3 ha each have been constructed. Each of these enclosure are
interconnected through gates and provision for water, shade and natural tree
cover has been made.
The newly introduced tigers will be monitored
round the clock by the field staff. A full time veterinary doctor equipped with
rescue vehicle, cages, immobilizing gun, drugs has been deployed at the
national park for tiger monitoring.