Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar stated on Tuesday that 82 incident of tiger attacks on human have been reported in the different part of the country in the last three years.
Minister Javadekar said during Question Hour in Lok Sabha that among these incidents 28have been reported in 2014-15, 33 in 2013-14 and 21 in 2012-13.
He also said “the National Tiger Conservation Authority has a multipronged strategy to deal with human wildlife conflict including habitat interventions, restricting habitat intervention, material and logistical support besides others. Based on the carrying capacity of tigers in a reserve forest, habitat interventions are restricted through an overarching Tiger Conservation Plan”