Tiger census begins today

KATHMANDU, December 5: The fourth census of the rare Royal Bengal tiger is starting today from Chitwan National Park and Parsa National Park. The census is being held by making the two national parks a single block.

The tiger census is being kicked off amid a special event at Sauraha of Chitwan National Park today at the presence of Minister for Forest and Environment Ram Sahaya Prasad Yadav and other high-level officials as well as the representatives from development partners.