Mehwash Hussain | Updated: May 19, 2022 18:49 IST
Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav announced on May 16, 2022, that the Ramgarh Vishdhari Tiger Reserve in Rajasthan’s Bundi district has been declared the country’s 52nd tiger reserve. It will help in biodiversity conservation as well as tourist and economic growth in the area. On July 5 2021, the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) gave its in-principle approval to turn Ramgarh Vishdhari Wildlife Sanctuary and its surrounding regions into tiger reserves.
Between Ranthambore Tiger Reserve in the northeast and Mukundara Hills Tiger Reserve in the south lies the newly designated Ramgarh Vishdhari Tiger Reserve, which has a tiger habitat.
On May 20, 1982, the Rajasthan government designated it a sanctuary under Section 5 of the Rajasthan Wildlife and Bird Protection Act, 1951.
The Ramgarh Vishdhari Tiger Reserve is home to wild creatures such as the Indian wolf, leopard, striped hyena, sloth bear, golden jackal, chinkara, nilgai, and fox. According to the 2019 study “Status of Tigers in India,” there are 2,967 tigers in 20 states in India.
This new tiger reserve’s floristic richness makes it a significant place for study and teaching. Important historic places like Bhimlat and Ramgarh Palace, according to Yadav, will promote ecotourism and offer jobs for locals. Furthermore, the reserve will aid in the control of overpopulation and the effects of overcrowding in Ranthambore; the reserve now shelters 80 tigers across 1,334 square kilometres.
A healthy Tiger population demonstrates the ecosystem’s resilience and self-sufficiency, which are major Project Tiger objectives under the National Tiger Conservation Authority. The Indian government has taken a breakthrough step in the conservation of its national animal by launching Project Tiger. It was first released in 1973.
The National Tiger Conservation Authority is in charge of Project Tiger (NTCA). It is a Ministry-created statutory organisation with overarching monitoring and coordinating responsibilities, as defined by the Wildlife (Protection) Act of 1972.
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In the year 1973, Project Tiger was launched.
The full form of NCTA is National Tiger Conservation Authority.
Bhupender Yadav is India’s Union Environment Minister.
There are 2,967 tigers in 20 states of India.
In Ramgarh Vishdhari Tiger Reserve, there are 80 tigers.