Project Tiger

“They risk their lives everyday working in difficult terrains and braving myriad hostile elements – poachers, encroachers, smugglers, mafias, human-wildlife conflict, health hazards in the form of water-borne diseases, forest fires and of course, accidental deaths by wild animals.”

"There seems to be something about India's soil that inspires conservation and humbles man,” wrote Padma Shri Kailash Sankhala, better known as India's Tiger Man. #UnsungHeroes

“I spot tigers more than ten times a month. Actually, they spot me more than I spot them!", grins the #EarthHero who recently won the 'Best Forest Watcher' award.

"They will be recognised as freedom fighters who saved our world from ourselves for generations to come."

In 2009, there were no tigers left in Panna Tiger Reserve. What happened in the next 10 years is really heartwarming at a time when the world's tiger population is under a serious threat. #WildIndia #Respect

"While animal rights activists feel strongly against culling, it does not make a difference to conservation whether a tiger is packed off to a zoo or killed. In both cases, it is one tiger less in the wild."

The existing area of 321 sq km would be more than doubled by 114% making it nearly 690 sq km. The handover and annexation of the reserve forest attached to the Nilgiris north division to the MTR will happen in a few weeks.

From saving birds on the verge of extinction to restoring unique eco-systems that are home to endangered flora and fauna, these green warriors of India are helping make the planet more sustainable and healthy.

Be it the Kerala Tourism project that transformed the state into a premium holiday destination, or the Bhakra Dam construction that gave India one of the highest gravity dams in the world – there are several large-scale projects in India that have transformed the country in some way or the other.