Vidarbha may soon become the tiger capital

More than 250 tigers out of the total population of 1,400 in the country inhabit the Vidarbha region

PTI | March 15, 2011



Maharashtra's Vidarbha region, which has several tiger projects and wild life sanctuaries in close proximity is fast shaping up as the potential 'tiger capital' of the country.

Former union minister and Nagpur MP Vilas Muttemwar, who wrested the initiative in this direction has approached all the top ministers at the state and central level to push for the tiger capital project.

According to him, since Tadoba Tiger project is situated about 160 kms from the city and Bor sanctuary (about 90 kms), Navegaon and Nagzira wild life sanctuaries (about 150 kms) are located in Vidarbha, besides the Kanha National Park in neighbouring Seoni district (about 200 kms from Nagpur), the region can be well-developed as the tiger capital.

More than 250 tigers out of the total population of 1,400 in the country inhabit the Vidarbha region.

Maharashtra chief minister Prithviraj Chavan has liked the concept and agreed to take up the issue with the Centre. Prime minister Manmohan Singh, union tourism minister Subodh Kant Sahai and union environment and forests minister Jairam Ramesh, have also shown interest in the project.

Last week, Muttemwar wrote to the PM who has acknowledged the concept. Ramesh went a step ahead and said the government of India has decided to open three regional offices of national tiger conservation authority (NTCA) with the first expected to be opened in Nagpur next month.

"The regional office of NTCA would take forward the work of tiger conservation in Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Chattisgarh which are very important tiger habitats where close to 40 percent of India's tiger population reside," Ramesh said recently in a communication to Muttemwar.

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