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A full of 41 tigers died successful Maharashtra successful 2025, with the bulk of them dying owed to earthy causes, a State Minister told the Assembly connected Wednesday (February 25, 2026).
The authorities is intensifying efforts to curb the deaths of tigers owed to accidents, electrocution, and poaching, State Forest Minister Ganesh Naik said.
As per the information provided by the Minister, retired of the deaths of 41 tigers, 28 died owed to earthy causes, 8 others owed to accidents, 4 owed to electrocution, and 1 owed to poaching.
The Minister highlighted the vulnerability of the Ballarshah-Gondia railway line, which traverses done respective wood divisions and the delicate buffer zones of the Tadoba-Andhari and Navegaon-Nagzira tiger reserves successful the State. Statistics amusement that 5 tigers mislaid their lives connected this circumstantial railway way betwixt 2011 and 2025, helium said.
"To forestall the deaths of chaotic animals successful railway accidents, the Chief Conservator of Forests [Regional], Chandrapur, has formally communicated with the Railway Department to instrumentality circumstantial information measures," Mr. Naik stated successful his reply.
The projected measures see operation of underpasses and overpasses connected newly-proposed railway lines to let harmless question of animals; enforcing a velocity bounds of 40 kmph for trains passing done delicate wood zones; and due disposal of nutrient discarded by bid passengers to guarantee animals are not lured toward the tracks.
Mr. Naik noted that effectual conservation efforts person led to an summation successful the wildlife population. However, this occurrence brings the situation of migration arsenic animals hunt for caller habitats, often resulting successful human-wildlife conflict.
To negociate this, the authorities has submitted a connection to the Finance Department to enlistee 368 unit connected a declaration ground for Rapid Rescue Units (RRU), Tiger Cell (TCC), and Elephant Tracking Teams. The written reply besides elaborate the high-tech measures presently successful spot to support the tigers successful the State.
The Minister said the tract unit person been utilizing the M-Stripes mobile-based monitoring strategy to way suspicious activities. A dedicated Wildlife Crime Cell has been strengthened successful Nagpur, portion a Cyber Cell successful Melghat is utilising integer footprints to way poachers.
Deployment of Special Tiger Protection Forces (STPF), canine squads, and the usage of metallic detectors to find robust traps adjacent h2o holes are being considered, Mr. Naik said.
The Minister assured the House that district-level tiger committees are gathering regularly to refine extortion strategies and that a 'Secret Service Fund' is being utilised to support a web of informants astatine the scope level.
