Dibrugarh: Good news for nature lovers as a Royal Bengal Tiger has been sighted for the first time at Salibari in the Kundaghat area of Dibru-Saikhowa National Park in nearly three decades.
Taking to X, Assam Forest Minister Chandra Mohan Patowary wrote: “Dibru–Saikhowa National Park and Biosphere Reserve, under the Tinsukia Wildlife Division, has created history with the first-ever recorded sighting of a Royal Bengal Tiger at Salibari in the Kundaghat area of the park.”
Niranta Gohain, a local resident and a nature enthusiast, said, “It is good news for everyone, but earlier, in 1997, there were 27 Royal Bengal Tigers in Dibru-Saikhowa. Over time, however, they vanished from the jungles.”
“It is great news and we are very happy about the sighting of the Royal Bengal Tiger. We do not know much about the sighting of the tiger, but from the tweet of Forest Minister Chandra Mohan Patowary we came to know about it,” said Devojit Moran, a nature enthusiast.
Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) of Tinsukia Wildlife Division, Bibison Tokbi, said, “On December 14, 2025, we got the first photographic evidence of the tiger and on January 1, 2026, we again got another photographic evidence of the presence of a Royal Bengal Tiger in Dibru-Saikhowa National Park. For the last one month, the process of camera trapping has been going on inside the park with a joint team from WTI and the forest department.”
“We have placed 60 camera traps inside the park and we have spotted the Royal Bengal Tiger two times. This is the first time that we have spotted a Royal Bengal Tiger inside Dibru-Saikhowa National Park after the notification of the National Park. We have recorded the evidence with photographs,” said Tokbi.
He added, “Logistic support has been provided by WTI and everyone has been working hard for the last one month. We are happy with the photographic evidence. People say that earlier the Royal Bengal Tiger was present in Dibru-Saikhowa National Park, but there was no photographic evidence available.”
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