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29/09/22 13:22 PM IST

Uttar Pradesh plans its 4th tiger reserve in Bundelkhand

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  • The Uttar Pradesh (UP) government approved the notification of the state’s fourth tiger reserve in the Ranipur Wildlife Sanctuary (RWS) in Chitrakoot district.
Ranipur Wildlife sanctuary 
  • RWS is an important corridor for the movement of tigers.
  • The UP cabinet approved  the Ranipur Tiger Reserve under Section 38(v) of the Wild life (Protection) Act of 1972.
  • The tiger reserve will span across 529.89 square kilometres (sq km), with a 299.58 sq km buffer zone and 230 sq km core area, which was already notified as the RWS in 1977.
  • The Ranipur Tiger Reserve has tropical dry deciduous forests and is home to fauna such as tigers, leopards, sloth bears, spotted deer, sambhar, chinkara and a number of birds and reptiles, the statement added.
  • The Ranipur Tiger Reserve will be the fourth in UP, after Dudhwa, Pilibhit and Amangarh (buffer of Corbett Tiger Reserve).
  • It will also be the first in the state’s portion of the Bundelkhand region, which it shares with neighbouring Madhya Pradesh.
  • A Ranipur Tiger Conservation Foundation will also be established for the protection and conservation of tigers in the region.
Tiger Reserve 
  • There are 50 Tiger Reserves in India spread across an area of 72,749 sq km, which is 2.21 per cent of India’s geographical area.
  • There were 2,967 tigers in India according to the NTCA’s estimation in 2018.
  • Uttar Pradesh had 173 tigers, with 107 in Dudhwa National Park and 65 in Pilibhit.
Source- DTE 

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