India’s 56th tiger reserve notified in Chhattisgarh

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New Delhi, Updated At : 06:43 AM Nov 19, 2024 IST

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Guru Ghasidas-Tamor Pingla Tiger Reserve in Chhattisgarh has been notified as the 56th tiger reserve of the country.

This makes it the third largest tiger reserve in the country after Nagarjunasagar-Srisailam Tiger Reserve in Andhra Pradesh and Manas Tiger Reserve in Assam.

Last week, the Chhattisgarh High Court pulled up the state government over its delay in notifying the tiger reserve.

Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav said: “As India continues to touch new milestones in tiger conservation, we have notified Guru Ghasidas-Tamor Pingla in Chhattisgarh as the 56th tiger reserve. Guru Ghasidas-Tamor Pingla Tiger Reserve is spread over 2,829 sq km.”

Guru Ghasidas was the last known habitat of the Asiatic cheetah in the country till it went extinct in 1951.

The tiger reserve connects Jharkhand and Madhya Pradesh and provides a corridor for tigers to move between Bandhavgarh (Madhya Pradesh) and Palamau tiger reserves (Jharkhand).

A total of 753 wildlife species have been documented from Guru Ghasidas-Tamor Pingla Tiger Reserve by the Zoological Survey of India.

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