India, Dec. 10 -- As part of 'Operation TARA' (Tiger Augmentation and Range Expansion), Maharashtra Forest Department has moved a second female tigress to the Sahyadri Tiger Reserve (STR), marking a major step in reviving the reserve's tiger population.

The development comes nearly a month after the successful relocation of the first tigress, Chanda to the STR.

The tigress, identified as T7-S2, was shifted from the Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR) to the Sonarli acclimatisation enclosure inside Chandoli National Park, part of STR in western Maharashtra.

The intervention is part of Operation TARA, a focused programme to revive the near-vanished tiger population in the Sahyadri landscape. The Union Ministry has approved the translocat...