The roar of the rescued tiger will resonate in Tamor Pingla Tiger Reserve

Raipur, 27 November 2024: The roar of the male tiger rescued from Paras Nagar Sector of Kasdol city will now resonate in Guru Ghasidas-Tamor Pingla Tiger Reserve. This tiger, rescued by the forest department officials, was safely released today in the core area of ​​​​Guru Ghasidas-Tamor Pingla Tiger Reserve. Guru Ghasidas Tamor Pingla is the new tiger reserve of Chhattisgarh.

It is noteworthy that the forest department had received information that a male tiger, roaming in the Barnawapara forest area in Kasdol tehsil of Balodabazar forest division for the last 8 months, had reached village Kot in Kasdol tehsil. The forest department staff, along with necessary rescue material and wildlife medical officers, immediately reached the spot and rescued the said tiger from Paras Nagar Sector of Kasdol town. On the instructions of the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (Wildlife), the said male tiger was safely released in the core area of ​​the newly formed Guru Ghasidas-Tamor Pingla Tiger Reserve at 8 am today.

On this occasion, Chief Forest Conservator (Wildlife) and Field Director Udanti Sitanadi Tiger Reserve Raipur, Forest Conservator (Wildlife) Field Director, Elephant Reserve Surguja, Director Guru Ghasidas National Park Baikunthpur, Deputy Director Elephant Reserve Surguja, Veterinary Officer of Kanha Pendari-Zoo Dr. P.K. Chandan, Veterinary Officer of Guru Ghasidas Tamor Pingla Tiger Reserve Dr. Ajit Pandey, Assistant Director Guru Ghasidas National Park Baikunthpur, Superintendent Tamor Pingla Sanctuary, Superintendent Semarsot Sanctuary, Regional Officers-Employees and Chhattisgarh State Wildlife Board Member Mr. Gaurav Nihalani were present.

Chief Minister Mr. Vishnu Dev Sai said that it is a matter of joy that the tiger rescued by the forest department officials has been safely released in the core area of ​​Guru Ghasidas-Tamor Pingla Tiger Reserve today. He said that for the conservation and promotion of tigers in the state of Chhattisgarh, a new tiger reserve has been declared by the Government of India as ‘Guru Ghasidas-Tamor Pingla Tiger Reserve’. He said that the tiger reserve is the 56th tiger reserve of the country. The Chhattisgarh government, on the advice of the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA), notified Guru Ghasidas-Tamor Pingla Tiger Reserve in Manendragarh-Chirmiri-Bharatpur, Korea, Surajpur and Balrampur districts of Chhattisgarh. Spread over a total area of ​​2829.38 square kilometers, this tiger reserve includes 2049.2 square kilometers of core/critical tiger habitat, which includes Guru Ghasidas National Park and Tamor Pingla Wildlife Sanctuary. It is the third largest tiger reserve in the country after Nagarjunasagar-Srisailam Tiger Reserve of Andhra Pradesh and Manas Tiger Reserve of Assam.