Counting of tiger and tiger species has started in Brahmadev Corridor, which is connected to Chure area. Counting of tiger and prey species has started from Friday through camera trapping in Brahmadev Corridor and nearby areas.
Counting has been started by installing a pair of automatic cameras in Chela sub-division forest area of Bedkot Municipality which is in the corridor. 75 grids of 2 by 2 kilometers have been made for the corridor and surrounding areas. One/one pair of automatic cameras are placed in each grid. A minimum of 15 nights will be maintained from the date of installation of the camera. Then the cameras will be removed.
'This calculation will show the condition of tigers and other wild animals in this area,' said Pramod Bhattarai, secretary of the Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Environment of the Western Province. break The Brahmadev Corridor is considered important as it connects the Shuklaphanta National Park with the Chure region and across the Mahakali with the Nandhore Protected Area of India. Bhattarai said that since this corridor is connected north-south, it is also important for wildlife migrating to the northern region due to the effects of climate change.
Automatic cameras will be installed in forest areas of Kanchanpur and Dadeldhura from Mahakali river bank to Laljhadi Mohona protected area. Those cameras will be regularly monitored and maintained. Santosh Paudel, program officer of the Zoological Society of London (ZSL), said that since the camera is an open area, regular monitoring is necessary. He said that it will also identify the presence of other wild animals in the main corridors of tigers and elephants.
The Brahmadev Corridor was included in the 2018 and 2022 National Tiger Census. In the national census of 2022, an adult tiger was seen in Parashuram area of Dadeldhura.
