By IANS
Jaipur : The Rajasthan forest department has still not found a tiger missing from Ranthambore national park for more than 10 days. It has now announced a reward of Rs.1,100 to the person giving information on the missing tiger.
The forest department has launched a frantic search for the tiger “Yuvraj”, that has gone missing from the famous park, about 175 km from state capital Jaipur.
“We have constituted teams to find this tiger, which has not been seen in the national park for over 10 days. We are searching for the tiger in and around jungles situated on the border between Bundi and Sawai Madhopur districts,” a forest department official said. The park is in Sawai Madhopur district.
“We have decided to offer a cash prize of Rs.1,100 to the person informing us about the tiger,” the official added.
Yuvraj has now gone missing from the park for the second time. In November 2006, it had walked out of the park to locate its territory. It returned after a few days.
Ranthambore national park covers an area of around 400 sq km and is next to the the Sawai Man Singh sanctuary area, which is another 100 sq km.
The national park was declared a wildlife sanctuary in 1957 and in 1974, it became a part of the centre’s Project Tiger. It got its status of a National Park in 1981. A recent census conducted by the state government showed the number of tigers in the park had increased to 32 from 26 in 2005.