Karnataka to get a new tiger reserve

Environment minister Jairam Ramesh has asked Karnataka chief minister B S Yeddyurappa to submit a proposal to the Central government to declare Kudremukh National Park in Western Ghats as India's 40th tiger reserve.

Environment minister Jairam Ramesh has asked Karnataka chief minister B S Yeddyurappa to submit a proposal to the Central government to declare Kudremukh National Park in Western Ghats as India's 40th tiger reserve.

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Already, 450 families have asked the state government for relocation and Ramesh said, if it is declared a tiger reserve, the Centre would provide financial assistance for relocation.

Before declaring it as a reserve, Ramesh wants the state to remove lying infrastructure of Kudremukh Iron Ore factory, which was closed as per Supreme Court directions in 2002.