The eight reserves will be in addition to the existing 39 tiger sanctuaries.
New tiger reserves, include Satyamangalam Tiger Reserve which used to be a hideout of sandalwood smuggler Veerappan, environment and forest minister Jairam Ramesh said on Friday.
The other new reserves include BR Hills in Karnataka, two in Maharashtra, two tiger reserves in UP, including Pilibhit tiger reserve, and one each in Madhya Pradesh and Orissa, he said at a function here. Read the full report here.
Source: Times of India, New Delhi.Â