Now, in a bid to check man-tiger conflict — tigers have killed at least a dozen people in the village in the last four months — the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has decided to release R65 crore for relocation of the village and implementing the annual action plan of Corbett in the current financial year.
With the tiger population in Corbett rising to 214 from 164 in last four years, the village has borne the maximum onslaught. After Kaziranga, Corbett witnessed maximum increase in tiger population.
“I agree the man-tiger conflict is a very sensitive and major issue in Uttarakhand as in some other states," environment minister Jairam Ramesh said in a letter to Uttarakhand chief minister Ramesh Pokhriyal.Â
Over 40 people have died in tiger-human conflict in the state in the last six months, which also resulted in death of about eight tigers. Read the full report here.
Source: Chetan Chauhan, Hindustan Times, New Delhi.
