KumbhalGarh To Be Made A Tigar Reserve – Free PDF Download

The news

• Rajasthan forest department has initiated the process to upgrade Kumbhalgarh Wildlife Sanctuary into a Tiger reserve .
• The Kumbhalgarh WS is spread over Udaipur, Pali and Rajsamand Districts, in the southern Aravallis of Rajasthan

Apt Conditions

• The proposed Kumbhalgarh tiger reserve has habitat, prey base and potential for breeding of tigers.
• The new Tiger reserve will constitute Kumbhalgarh Wildlife Sanctuary, Todgarh-Raoli Wildlife Sanctuary and adjoining forest areas.

Tropical deciduous forests and grassland.

• Todgarh Raoli Wildlife Sanctuary – 495 km2
• Kumbhalgarh Wildlife Sanctuary – 608 km2
• The area of the proposed reserve is 1280.49 square km, out which 355.25 square km will be the core area.
• These two sanctuaries have sufficient buildings, including forest chowkies, barriers and check posts for effective management.
• Successful example – Mukundra Hills Tiger Reserve (MHTR)

Old habitat

• Till 1970, Tigers used to roam naturally and freely in the area.
• The plan is to Re-introduce 5 tigers to the reserve in the initial phase.
• There are 69 tigers in Rajasthan(2018) compared to 32 in the 2006.

Project Tiger

• There are 50 tiger reserves in India which are governed by Project Tiger which is administrated by the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA).
• India is home to 70 percent of tigers in the world.
• 2006 – 1,411 tigers
• 2018 – 2967 tigers

Rajasthan has three tiger reserves –

• Ranthambore Tiger Reserve in Sawai Madhopur
• Sariska Tiger Reserve (Alwar)
• Mukundra Hills Tiger Reserve (Kota).

Need for Tiger Conservation

• Tigers are at the top of the food chain and are sometimes referred to as “umbrella species” that is their conservation also conserve many other species in the same area.

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