Context: Tiger census will commence at Bandipur and at Nagarahole as part of the All-India Tiger and Mega Herbivore Estimation.
This is part of the nation-wide enumeration that is held once in four years and is the fifth such exercise being taken up — the earlier ones being held in 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018.
Do you know?
Nagarahole Tiger Reserve is located in Kodagu district and Mysore district in Karnataka.
Bandipur National Park is located in Chamarajnagar district, Karnataka
It was established as a tiger reserve under Project Tiger in 1973. It is part of the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve since 1986.
