All of the incidents of tiger attacks this year have taken place in community forests.

The deadline for the road expansion work is only a few months away but the completion of the project is still in question.

The park burnt around a dozen huts in the area on Sunday while several others were demolished.

As many as 27 rhinos have died in Chitwan since the beginning of the current fiscal year on July 16, 2021.

The tiger count is conducted in several conservation areas across Nepal every four years.

But the jungle safari destination needs foreign tourists to return to achieve a full recovery, hoteliers say.

Park officials are reluctant to issue licences to more Bote people because of conservation efforts targeted at preserving the aquatic life in the area.

The deaths—whether due to natural causes, poaching or other accidents—are a cause for concern, conservationists say.

Sergeant Chiran Kumar Budha was arrested last September. He was released from prison on Monday on account of completing nine-month jail term handed down by court.

Conservationists say if the waste is not cleared up soon, it will affect the ecology and tourism sector of the park area.

It was expanded three years ago and measures to avert landslides may not have been taken. As the section is an artery of the economy, losses total hundreds of millions.

The body of 23-year-old Sujita Bhandari, who had gone missing on June 25, was recovered in a nearby forest on Sunday.

Many poachers who were on the run are coming forward to surrender, Chitwan park administration says.

The body was discovered in Ghamile forest of Bhandara Piple area on Sunday evening by the local people.

The natural breeding of the critically endangered crocodile species is a good sign for gharial conservation in the country, conservationists say.