June 19: Sariska is soon going to get back its glory, which in monetary terms has cost the country’s exchequer more than Rs 1.5 crore.

After losing all the tigers to poachers in 2004, this tiger reserve in Rajasthan will have tigers from the Ranthambore tiger reserve by the end of June.

This is for the first time in the world that tiger species is being relocated, therefore tiger conservationists from all over the globe are praying for its success.

An additional force of ex-Armymen along with forest guard will keep twenty-four-hour vigil on this tiger pair, which will be placed in a chain-linked enclosure, for some time so that the pair gets acclimatise.

Though the state government is claiming that it has put additional security, conservationists fear that the tiger pair will be under threat as some of the villages from within the core area of this reserve, are yet to be relocated.

"Everything is in order. We are waiting for the weather to become a little better," said additional principal chief conservator of forests, Mr A.C. Chaubey.

Mr Chaubey added that security of these tigers will be the priority and villages in the core area will be relocated soon.

Initially, a tigress will be re-introduced and later a tiger pair.

The entire exercise is undertaken by the National Tiger Conservation Authority, Wildlife Institute of India, state government and assisted by the WWF.

Once re-introduced, these tigers will be tracked through Global Positioning System, through a radio collar that have been specially brought from the United States.

Officials will have a real time assessment of the movement of these tigers.

Forest staffs have been trained and the state government has claimed that they have not reported any poaching incident in the reserve for the last two three years.

Though officials are upbeat about the re-introduction of the tigers, conservationists fear that the entire process might receive a set back as there are villages inside the reserve along with the two highways that cross through this reserve.

Also, there are 200 villages in the vicinity of this wildlife reserve which also pose a major threat to these animals facing extinction.