The Chitwan Parsa Complex has been divided into three blocks from Chitwan to Rautahat, and the tiger census has been started, and the work on the first block has been completed.
What you should know
As part of the tiger census in the Chitwan-Parsa Complex, work is currently underway to install cameras in the eastern part of Chitwan National Park and the western part of Parsa National Park.
According to Hemraj Acharya, Conservation Officer of Chitwan National Park, work is currently underway to install cameras in the Ichhanagar, Sikaribash area of Thori, Parsa.
The Chitwan Parsa Complex has been divided into three blocks from Chitwan to Rautahat and the work of the first block has been completed. Now, 13 teams of technicians have been deployed to install cameras in the second block.
According to Acharya, 100 technicians have been deployed in each team at the rate of 5/6 people. The second block has been divided into three hundred and two grids. Each grid is two square millimeters. About 600 cameras are going to be installed at the rate of two in one grid. The installed cameras will be removed after 20 days.
Tigers are being counted every 4 years in parks and reserves where tigers are present. Due to the efforts made for the conservation of tigers, the number of tigers in Parsa National Park has also increased encouragingly.
In the census conducted in 2009/10, there were only 4 adult tigers in the park. The last census showed that the number of adult tigers in the park was 41. It is estimated that the number of tigers in the park will increase in this census.
Tiger activity has also been observed in Nirmalbasti in Parsa and in Halkhoriya Daha area of Bara, about 15 kilometers east of the park's office in Adhabharat, in recent years. Apart from this, tigers have also been seen in the community forests of Bara and Rautahat adjacent to the park. This park is spread over an area of 627 square kilometers, including Parsa, Bara and Makawanpur.
