The tiger population in the country has risen to 1706 compared to 1411 in 2006 — a 12 per cent increase that excludes the big cats of Sundarbans, the latest Tiger Census said today, thanks to sustained conservation efforts.
Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh, who released the All India Tiger Estimation Exercise for 2010, said that "the mid-point range" of tigers in the country is 1706.
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This is a matter of pride for us and all the efforts taken in the past seems to be bearing fruits for us and if this continues for sometime very soon we would have a huge volume of tigers...hats off to the forest departments and the governments who has taken the initiatives to do so...
