Central Funds: Conserving Tigers: Releasing Central Funds to Tiger Reserves in Tamil Nadu | Coimbatore News
Coimbatore: Two representatives from the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) visited Ulandy, Pollachi, Valparai, and Manambolly forest ranges in the Anamalai Tiger Reserve (ATR) on Monday as part of their security audit.
Hari Shankar Upadhyay and Amitabh Agnihotri also visited Manthirimattam reserve forest in the Manambolly forest range, where a sub-adult tiger has been kept inside an enclosure for the last two years.
During their visit, the officials interacted with the anti-poaching watchers (APWs), anti-depredation squads (ADS) and eco-sanitary watchers.
The APWs requested the officers to take the necessary steps to increase their salary.
Later, the officials inspected the watch towers constructed inside the reserve forest. They plan to inspect a few more forest ranges coming under ATR on Tuesday.
“India has the largest tiger population in the world. The big cats are facing existential threats in India and abroad. Tiger skin and other parts are most wanted in China and Vietnam. The poachers have international connections, and the forest department is fighting against the poaching,” Upadhyay said.
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