Annual tiger census in Sunderbans to begin from November 27

The annual tiger census in West Bengal's Sunderbans will begin on November 27, a senior Forest department official said on Friday. The tiger census is part of the nationwide census by different states having big cat populations, the official said. The camera trap exercise will be in the forests for over a month in the Sunderban Tiger Reserve (STR) along with some contiguous parts of South 24-Parganas district in the first phase. Some other adjacent parts of the district will be covered in the second phase of the camera trap exercise, he added.