Madhya Pradesh is yet to constitute the Special Tiger Protection Force (STPF), even as the State has registered the most number of tiger deaths due to poaching since 2012.
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Under an agreement signed in 2012 among the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA), and Bandhavgarh, Kanha and Pench tiger reserves, the State Forest Department was supposed to constitute a Special Tiger Protection Force (STPF) in the reserves within two years of the agreement.
However, Madhya Pradesh is yet to constitute the battalion. In its absence 30 tiger deaths due to poaching have been reported between 2012 and 2018 in the Madhya Pradesh, highest among states.
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