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There has been a 127% rise in deaths due to tiger attacks in UP in 2023 in comparison to past years as per govt records. Data showed that 59 people were killed in tiger attacks in the state in five years from 2019 to 2023. In 2019, eight people died, four in 2020 while in 2021, 11 were killed. In 2022, too, 11 people lost their lives. In 2023, the number shot up to 25.

The data was presented by minister of state for environment, forest and climate change, Kirti Vardhan Singh, in response to questions recently raised by Rajya Sabha MPs Mukul Wasnik and V Sivadasan.

At the national level, 349 people were killed in tiger attacks during the past five years, with Maharashtra recording a maximum of 200 deaths. However, the number of human deaths there decreased from 82 in 2022 to 35 a year later. The minister's response further mentioned that information on human deaths caused by tigers in 2023 was not received from 11 states, including Uttarakhand, Bihar and West Bengal.