Odisha: Tigress Megha gives birth to three cubs at Nandankanan zoo

Royal Bengal Tigress Megha delivered three cubs at the famous Nandankanan Zoological Park here in Bhubaneswar late on Tuesday night. According to Bimal Prasad Acharya, deputy director of the zoological park, the total tiger population at the popular Nandankanan zoo has reached 30. It includes seven white tigers, four melanistic tigers and 13 royal Bengal tigers. Updating about the health, he said Megha and her three newborns are healthy and have been kept under CCTV observation for safety. The authorities have also restricted the area and nobody is allowed to go there. Earlier in March, Bijaya, a white tigress, at the Nandankanan zoo welcomed three little cubs.