Context: Mission Arikompan is likely to be delayed as Kerala Forest department is yet to get a satellite radio collar.

• Arikomban, which got its name from its love for 'ari' (rice) with 'komban' meaning tusker,

What is Mission Arikompan?

• The forest department has initiated ‘Mission Arikompan’, an operation to capture the rogue tusker by the name of Arikompan. 

• The forest department has come up with a plan to capture it with tranquilizer shots and train it to be a ‘kumki’, a captive elephant used for operations against rogue elephants.

Parambikulam Tiger Reserve

• Parambikulam Tiger Reserve is located in Palakkad district and Thrissur district of Kerala.

• It is in the Sungam range of hills between the Anaimalai Hills and Nelliyampathy Hills.

• The Western Ghats, Anaimalai Sub-Cluster, including all of Parambikulam Wildlife Sanctuary, has been declared by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee as a World Heritage Site

• The Tiger Reserve is the home of four different tribes of indigenous peoples including the Kadar, Malasar, Muduvar and Mala Malasar.

• This sanctuary is referred to as the "state capital for the massive gaur" by wildlife experts.