Tiger Population Dips In Western Ghats. Report Explains Why

Prime Minister Narendra Modi released the latest tiger numbers at a mega event being organised in Mysuru to mark the completion of 50 years of Project Tiger.

The tiger population has gone up in the Shivalik Hills-Gangetic Plains landscape, central India and the Sundarbans but their numbers have dwindled in the Western Ghats and the Northeast-Brahmaputra Plains due to habitat loss, fragmentation and poaching over the years, according to a government report released on Sunday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi released the latest tiger numbers at a mega event being organised in Mysuru to mark the completion of 50 years of Project Tiger.

According to the data, the tiger population in the country increased from 2,967 in 2018 to 3,167 in 2022.

"The tiger population in the forest divisions of the Shivalik Hills and Gangetic Plains landscape has recorded a substantial increase with a total of 804 unique tigers being photographed, which is higher than the estimated population of 646 in 2018," the "Status of Tigers Report 2022" said.