Tiger population booms in India's Terai region

The highest rise so far has been recorded in Uttarakhand's Western Circle -- a huge part of the vast Terai region of the state located outside the tiger and forest reserves -- where the figures went up from 79 in 2014 (last census) to at least 119 adults till last year, officials said. Meanwhile, at Kishanpur Wildlife Sanctuary and Dudhwa National Park of Dudhwa Tiger Reserve, situated in the Terai region of Uttar Pradesh bordering Nepal, the number of tigers has increased from 53 in 2014 to at least 79 adults. The numbers in Assam's Manas National Park, also part of the Terai landscape, have also risen though the final results are awaited, officials said. The Phase-IV monitoring was conducted in a few forest divisions including the West Circle of Uttarakhand and parts of the Dudhwa Tiger reserve in 2016. The monitoring is under way in some reserve forests including Corbett and Manas, and yet to be conducted in several other parts of the country.