After the Valmiki Tiger Reserve (VTR) in West Champaran district, Bihar is set to get a second tiger reserve in Kaimur district (Kaimur Wildlife Sanctuary) by the end of the year or early 2024. The total tiger count in the State currently is 54.
The State Forest Department officials said they were working to obtain the National Tiger Reserve Conservation Authority’s (NTCA) approval for declaring it a tiger reserve.
“Yes, Bihar will have second tiger reserve in Kaimur district soon. We are working towards it. NTCA earlier in July, had approved our proposal in principle for the tiger reserve and now the department has started preparing for the final proposal to be sent to the NTCA for its formal approval”, additional principal chief conservator of Forest (wild life), Prabhat Kumar Gupta. “We’re quite hopeful to get a satisfactory proposal for approval,” he added.