SARISKA : A RESERVE OF BORROWED TIGERS
SARISKA: When you reach at the gate of Balaji fort (popularly known as the Alwar fort of Rajsthan, India) you will find a board at the gate warning you to not enter into the woods outside the fort as it is 'tiger zone'. The fort which is situated over 600 meter at the sea level and about 52 km from well known tiger project 'Sariska' and sorrounded by the dense forest and a very long boundry walls still fears that there could tiger in the woods. If believe by the local security personnels at the fort area there may be some tigers in the forest outside the. " Sometimes we hear roars of tigers", says Hoshiyar Singh, a security personal at the fort area.
But rest assured that you will hardly witness any tiger in the Sariska tiger reserve, a national park which was sometimes known for plenty of royal Bengal tigers. Created in 1978 and spreadout in over 860 sq kms, the Sariska reserve had about two dozen tigers and 49 leopard in 1997. But when we visited the tiger reserve, there was no glimpse of tiger in the enitre reserve. Though some roars of leopard was heard during the visit but tiger was remained out of the reach in the Sariska. Not just tigers but finding any wild boars too was a tough task in the woods however the normal boars are plenty. The visitors may be exited to see a good number of deer, spotted dear, antelop, peacocks, jackals and several other animals. But exitement of looking tiger in their natural habitat gives a kind of disappointment for the nature lovers.
Thanks forest department and administrators of tiger projects and pochers who converted the fear of extinction of tigers into reality. According to a local tourist guide three or four years ago there were about ten tigers in the reserve but all the tigers were either poached by the poachers or died due to disease or their own fightings. "For last two years Sariska became tiger zone to 'no tiger zone' till two tigers were brought in the forest from the Ranthambore", says a forest officer of the project on the condition of anonymity.
When we talked to our gypsy driver Ram Avtar, who takes people on the safari, he admitted that getting tiger in the woods is a depends on luck as only two tigers are their in the woods. Since one is tiger and other is tigress so they have not divided their territory. "If there is more tigers in the forest they decide their territories and do not enter into each others territory", he says adding that in that situation we could find them easily.
But tiger reserve is not meant for tourists only, says Amitabh Kumar, who came there to make a documentary on Sariska. According to him the reserve mean save tiger from the extinction and let grow the forest too with family of tigers.
SARISKA: When you reach at the gate of Balaji fort (popularly known as the Alwar fort of Rajsthan, India) you will find a board at the gate warning you to not enter into the woods outside the fort as it is 'tiger zone'. The fort which is situated over 600 meter at the sea level and about 52 km from well known tiger project 'Sariska' and sorrounded by the dense forest and a very long boundry walls still fears that there could tiger in the woods. If believe by the local security personnels at the fort area there may be some tigers in the forest outside the. " Sometimes we hear roars of tigers", says Hoshiyar Singh, a security personal at the fort area.
But rest assured that you will hardly witness any tiger in the Sariska tiger reserve, a national park which was sometimes known for plenty of royal Bengal tigers. Created in 1978 and spreadout in over 860 sq kms, the Sariska reserve had about two dozen tigers and 49 leopard in 1997. But when we visited the tiger reserve, there was no glimpse of tiger in the enitre reserve. Though some roars of leopard was heard during the visit but tiger was remained out of the reach in the Sariska. Not just tigers but finding any wild boars too was a tough task in the woods however the normal boars are plenty. The visitors may be exited to see a good number of deer, spotted dear, antelop, peacocks, jackals and several other animals. But exitement of looking tiger in their natural habitat gives a kind of disappointment for the nature lovers.
Thanks forest department and administrators of tiger projects and pochers who converted the fear of extinction of tigers into reality. According to a local tourist guide three or four years ago there were about ten tigers in the reserve but all the tigers were either poached by the poachers or died due to disease or their own fightings. "For last two years Sariska became tiger zone to 'no tiger zone' till two tigers were brought in the forest from the Ranthambore", says a forest officer of the project on the condition of anonymity.
When we talked to our gypsy driver Ram Avtar, who takes people on the safari, he admitted that getting tiger in the woods is a depends on luck as only two tigers are their in the woods. Since one is tiger and other is tigress so they have not divided their territory. "If there is more tigers in the forest they decide their territories and do not enter into each others territory", he says adding that in that situation we could find them easily.
But tiger reserve is not meant for tourists only, says Amitabh Kumar, who came there to make a documentary on Sariska. According to him the reserve mean save tiger from the extinction and let grow the forest too with family of tigers.
Good effort to show another side of the tiger reserve. Thanks for new travel vision.
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Good effort, all I can say. Keep it up.
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