Despite installing over 100 cameras to monitor the activities of Maya, the renowned tigress of Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR), she has not been spotted in any of the camera traps for two weeks. As a result, the TATR authorities are extending their search for her to the surrounding buffer areas. 

A forest department official from TATR said, “We have not yet spotted Maya in any of the camera traps placed in her territory. We will now explore the connected buffer areas to track the tigress.”  The last time forest department officials spotted Maya was on September 25, 2023, in the territory where she has been roaming. But at the end of September, the forest department staff spotted another tigress named Chhoti Tara roaming in Maya’s territory.