Bihars second tiger reserve in Kaimur soon: Union minister Ashwini Kumar Choubey

Union minister of state for Environment, forests and https://exam.pscnotes.com/Climate-change”>Climate Change Ashwini KumarChoubey said thesecond tiger reserve in Biharwould be set up inKaimur.

He said a proposal in this regard was being finalised and deliberations on it were held at the meeting of the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA).

The state forest department had first spotted a tiger through camera traps in Kaimur wildlife sanctuary on March 26, 2020.

Till now, tiger spotting in Bihar has been confined to either VTR in West Champaran or Patna zoo. VTR, the lone tiger reserve in Bihar, has a good number of 31 tigers as per the last tiger census.