Minister for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh said here on Sunday that the Union government had approved two more tiger reserves in Karnataka and the formalities would be completed in a few days.Mr. Ramesh told reporters that B.R. Hills in Chamarajanagar district and Kudremukh in Chikmagalur district would become the 40th and 41st tiger reserves in the country. The total number of tiger reserves in Karnataka would go up to six, he noted.
