Cases / Protected area / relocation · India · 2024–2025
Request to move 64,801 families out of India's tiger reserves
Short record: the main facts, with sources. A full case file has not been prepared.
Nature's voice · report
No measurement of the harm done to me here is on record.
Did nature suffer? Not measured.
Scroll reported that a National Tiger Conservation Authority letter sought the removal of 64,801 families from India's tiger reserves. The sources reviewed do not say whether the removals went ahead.
What?
A request to remove 64,801 families from India's tiger reserves, as reported by Scroll. Scroll
Where?
Tiger reserves in India (reserves not named in the source). Scroll
When?
Source entry dated June 2024 and October 2025. Scroll
Who?
Gained
None on recordLost
None on recordHarmed
- 64,801 families living in tiger reserves — subject to a request for removal Scroll
Why?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
How?
A National Tiger Conservation Authority letter sought the removals. Scroll
6 of 6 questions answered from the record
What happened
The record, in order.
Scroll reported that a National Tiger Conservation Authority letter sought the removal of 64,801 families from tiger reserves in India.
The source entry is dated June 2024 and October 2025.
In court and with insurers
Every proceeding and every insurer decision on record.
Lawsuits and rulings
No court case on record. No court has ruled on this case.
Insurers
No insurer decision on record.
What we don't know
Undisclosed, unproven, untried: recorded as data.
Nature
- Not measured Harm to nature: The record holds no measurement of harm to nature.
Record
- Unclear Whether any families were moved, and where, is not stated in the sources reviewed.
- None on record The authority's reasons for the request and any compensation offered are not stated.
- None on record Who gained from any removals is not stated.
Did the harm stop?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Who paid?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Sources
Voices on record: — Company or project— Government and regulators— Courts✓ Press and investigations— Communities and civil society— Researchers
Press and investigations
- Withdraw notice on relocation of villages in core areas of tiger reserves, citizens tell CentreScroll · June 2024; October 2025
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