India, July 30 -- The number of tigers is on the rise in Chhattisgarh's Achanakmar Tiger Reserve, with 10 resident big cats photographed in 2024 compared to five in 2017, a new report by World Wildlife Fund India and the state forest department has revealed.

The reserve now has multiple breeding-age tigers with a a healthy sex ratio for the first time in 15 years, , said the report released on Tuesday.

Three tigers and seven tigresses were photographed last year. In 2017, the reserve had four tigers and just one tigress, it noted.

"Conditions appear to be ripe for the population to grow steadily," it said.

"The population status and trend of tigers and prey in ATR (Achanakmar Tiger Reserve) were assessed using camera trap data from th...