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Centre accepts Sahyadri Tiger Project proposal

KOLHAPUR: The Central government has accepted the proposal of initiating the Sahyadri Tiger Project covering four districts in Maharashtra, a wildlife official said.

“The National Tiger Conservation Committee has, in principle, given permission for the Sahyadri Tiger Project in the western ghats that includes 173 villages in the four districts of Satara, Ratnagiri, Kolhapur and Sangli,” Conservator of Forests (Wildlife) M.K. Rao said.

The next process of this project is issuing the notification and getting permission of the villagers, he said.

The committee had visited 38 villages so far and four had agreed to the project. — PTI

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