The tiger census in Chitwan National Park, which began on December 18, 2025, is underway. Chitwan and Parsa National Parks are being counted as a single block, with the first phase of the census now completed. According to Avinash Thapa Magar, the Park’s Information Officer, the next step involves setting up camera traps. “Camera setup began on Saturday, and the first phase will be completed by Monday,” he said. A total of 150 trained enumerators have been deployed for the census.
