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A paper tiger express

There isn't an alternative to trains slowing down on sensitive tiger corridors, especially at night. Otherwise, the Tiger Express may not have any tigers left to see

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death trap Animals are often killed through collisions with trains. Railways also have indirect adverse effects on wildlife — such as loss of habitat, pollution

Bibek Debroy
In collaboration with Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC), IR (Indian Railways) has a Tiger Express that covers Udaipur, Chittorgarh and Ranthambore, with a Tiger Safari thrown in for Ranthambore. The package is for four nights and five days. We recently went to Ranthambore (Sawai Madhopur) National Park, though not on Tiger Express or IR’s Tiger Safari. In India, Ranthambore is probably one of the better places to see tigers, depending on time of the year. There is an ongoing all-India tiger census (results will be out in 2019).  According to the last census, in 2014, Ranthambore had 62
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