 "PM Narendra Modi releases census of India's tiger population in All India Tiger Estimation Report")
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday released the
All India Tiger Estimation Report 2018 and said the country has emerged as of one of the biggest and safest habitats for tigers in the world. The tiger population in the country has
grown from 1,411 in 2006 to 2,226 in 2014 and
2,967 in 2019, according to the report. “With around 3,000 tigers, India has emerged as of one of the biggest and safest habitats for them in world,” Modi said as he lauded all the stakeholders involved in the country’s tiger conservation exercise. [caption id=“attachment_7073321” align=“alignnone” width=“1279”] Maya the tiger. image credit: Stephenekka/Wikipedia[/caption] “Nine long years ago, it was decided in St. Petersburg (Russia) that the target of doubling the tiger population would be 2022. We in India completed this target four years in advance. This is the finest example of Sankalp Se Siddhi (Attainment through Resolve),” he said.
Today, on #InternationalTigerDay, the All India Tiger Estimation 2018 will be released.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) July 29, 2019
The Government of India is committed to taking all possible steps and supporting all efforts to protect the tiger.
Do watch the programme. It begins at around 9:30 AM.
He invoked two Bollywood movie titles to emphasise the need to expand and strengthen tiger conservation efforts. The story of protecting tigers that started with “Ek Tha Tiger” (there was once a tiger) and reached “Tiger Zinda Hai” (the tiger is alive) should not end there, he said, efforts towards conservation should be expanded and sped up. [caption id=“attachment_7073251” align=“alignnone” width=“1000”] Ek tha Tiger. Image credit: Yash Raj Films[/caption] The PM said that the development versus environment conservation debate will continue with both sides suggesting as if these are mutually exclusive, but it was possible to strike a healthy balance between the two.
Releasing the results of All India Tiger Estimation. #InternationalTigerDay https://t.co/b73ADzson4
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) July 29, 2019
He said that while in the last five years, the focus was on to build next-generation infrastructure in the country, there has also been an increase in the forest cover and number of protected areas. “In 2014, the number of protected areas were 692, the number rose to more than 860 in 2019. Similarly, the number of community reserves were 43 in 2014 and rose to more than 100 in 2019,” he said. [caption id=“attachment_4280393” align=“alignnone” width=“1280”] Tiger Zinda Hai poster. Image credit: Yash Raj Films[/caption] He said India will build more homes for its citizens and also create quality habitats for animals at the same time. “I just want to tell the people associated with this work that the story which started with Ek Tha Tiger and reach Tiger Zinda Hai should not stop there. This will not work. The work towards tiger conservation has to be expanded and sped up,” he said.
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