A woman died after she was attacked by a tiger in Chirote community forest in Madhuwan Municipality-5 of Bardiya district on Friday.

According to Santosh Chaudhary, assistant forest officer of Khata Sub-Division Forest Office, a 28-year-old woman of the locality died in a tiger attack while cutting grass.

A total of 15 people have lost their lives to tiger attacks on the bio-corridor in the past four years.

The settlement of landless people, which is near the Nepal-India border, lies along the bio-corridor through which wild animals move to and from the Bardiya National Park and Katarniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary of India. Elephants in herds pass through the settlement almost every day.

The forest area in the Khata bio-corridor covers around 202 square kilometres. According to the Khata Forest Coordination Committee, there are a total of 4,802 households in various settlements along the corridor. Security personnel and conservation officials urge people not to venture into the forest after dusk.