Tiger Conservation

The awardees were nominated by the readers of Sanctuary Asia, an environmental news magazine, and supporters from all over India.

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.

According to the 2014 stats, Karnataka had a total of 406 tigers across its five tiger reserves while Uttarakhand had 340.

Hans Dalal, who was born with cerebral palsy, has been working on tiger conservation for years. He is also helping poachers discover alternative sources of income.