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Visitors volition not beryllium allowed to participate the Kalakkad – Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve for six days betwixt January 19 and 24 arsenic the nationalist tiger census is to commence successful the sanctuary connected Monday (January 19) aft the unit to beryllium progressive successful this extended workout volition acquisition grooming connected Sunday (January 18).
According to Deputy Director of KMTR’s Ambasamudram Division, Srikant, the 6-day tiger census, led by National Tiger Conservation Authority, is scheduled to beryllium conducted crossed the state aft 2021 with the practice of State Forest Departments, during which efforts volition beryllium made to find retired the near-exact fig of tiger colonisation successful the sanctuaries and the adjacent forests. Apart from collecting scat, pug marks etc. to find-out the tiger population, the accepted nonstop sighting method volition besides beryllium followed to ascertain the tiger colonisation successful the Indian forests and the large cats’ movements. Moreover, cameras volition beryllium fitted during this exercise.
As a precursor, the wood unit serving successful the 7 wood ranges of KMTR volition acquisition a refresher-cum-training programme connected January 18 and participate the areas assigned to them connected January 19 to stay wrong the wood till the extremity of the census connected January 24.
In Ambasamudram Division, each 2 Km of the sanctuary volition beryllium divided into a ‘census area’, wherever a brace of cameras volition beryllium fitted to photograph the question of tiger. Apps are to beryllium utilized during this census by the enumerators, who volition beryllium trained successful entering the census information during the grooming to beryllium organised connected Sunday.
Since tiger being a highly ‘shy animal’, quality question wrong the wood volition severely impact the accuracy of the census and hence visitors volition not beryllium allowed to participate the KMTR betwixt January 19 and 24. The wood check-posts astatine Papanasam, Manimuthar, Kalakkad and Thirukkurungudi volition stay closed during these days. Hence, visitors volition not beryllium capable to spell to Agasthiyar Waterfalls, Sorimuthu Ayyanar Temple, Papanasam dam, Manimuthar waterfalls, Kalakkad Thalaiyanai and Thirukkurungudi Nambi Temple.
Visitors volition beryllium allowed to sojourn these places aft the extremity of tiger census connected January 24, Mr. Srikant said.
