Tiger reserve status[edit]

The Union government has given the nod to a proposal to grant Rajaji National Park
the status of a tiger reserve. It will be the second tiger reserve[3] [4] in the state after
the Corbett Tiger Reserve, and 48th such reserve in India. As per directions of the
Tiger Conservative Authority of India, Rajaji National Park will be a core area of the
Rajaji Tiger Reserve, whilst about 300 km2 of the Shyampur range of the Haridwar
forest division; furthermore, parts of Kotdwar and Laldhang forest division (which
function as a buffer zone) will also be included in the project, augmenting the total
area to 1150 km2.

Final approval was accorded to Kudremukh (Karnataka) and Rajaji (Uttarakhand) as

tiger reserves on 15 April 2015.[5]