Guwahati, Oct. 19: There is no roar in the country's 50th tiger reserve in Arunachal Pradesh.

The 783 square km Kamlang tiger reserve is the third in Arunachal Pradesh, after Namdapha and Pakke, and was notified recently by the National Tiger Conservation Authority.

A senior Arunachal Pradesh forest department official said the tiger reserve has no tiger population according to the latest census report (2014) but the area has been notified as a tiger reserve as it has contiguity with Namdapha tiger reserve.

Both Namdapha and Pakke are low-density tiger reserves.

"There could be a tiger somewhere, which has still not been recorded, but officially there are none at present," the official said. The reserve falls in the southeastern part of Lohit district and is more than 700km from Itanagar.

Member secretary of National Tiger Conservation Authority B.S. Bonal said there are some tiger reserves in the country where the population is very less and the authority takes steps to augment the population.

"Kamlang is a potential tiger habitat and it is contiguous with Namdapha. There are chances of tigers moving from one area to another," he said.

The notification says the jurisdiction of Kamlang tiger reserve will be the same as that of Kamlang wildlife sanctuary, which was notified in 1989. The tiger reserve shall be under the unified control of a field director, with headquarters at Wakro, and under the administrative jurisdiction of chief wildlife warden, Arunachal Pradesh. The core area is 671 sq. km and the buffer area is 112 sq. km.

The vegetation may broadly be classified into tropical, temperate and alpine. There are about 150 species of trees found in the sanctuary and about 105 species of birds. Sources said there has not been any proper wildlife survey for a long time and the staff strength is not more than 20.

Another official said Kamlang could be a place for reintroduction of tigers from other areas and hence the plan was to see that the area is maintained without any disturbances.

"No attention was given to the wildlife sanctuary for conservation purposes for a long time," a source said, adding there has been no wildlife survey. Officials feel that with the declaration of a tiger reserve the situation might change, as funds will be pumped in.