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Initially comprising 1,026 km 2 (396 sq mi) of the Palamu Tiger Reserve, an additional 226 km 2 (87 sq mi) was added to the park in 1989 and 63 km 2 (24 sq mi) of the Mahuadanr Wolf Sanctuary. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Betla was one of the first national parks in India to become a tiger reserve under Project Tiger , in 1974. [ 5 ]
The tiger reserves in India were set up as a part of Project Tiger initiated in 1973 and are administered by the National Tiger Conservation Authority of Government of India. As of December 2024, there are 57 protected areas that have been designated as tiger reserves. As of 2023, there were 3,682 wild tigers in India, which is almost 75% of ...
Navegaon National Park is a National park located in the Arjuni Morgaon subdivision of Gondia district in state of Maharashtra, India.The Dr Salim Ali Bird Sanctuary, Navegaon is home to almost 60% of the bird species found in entire Maharashtra.
An elephant reserve and a tiger reserve. Located high in the Cardamom Hills and Pandalam Hills of the south Western Ghats. The sanctuary surrounds Periyar Lake, a reservoir that formed when the Mullaperiyar Dam was erected in 1895. The park is made up of tropical evergreen and moist deciduous forests, grasslands and stands of eucalyptus
The tourism in Nagpur is due to a large number of National Parks/Wildlife Sanctuaries surrounding Nagpur. All of these sanctuaries have Tiger as their major attractions. Two notable National Parks around Nagpur are Pench National Park around 60 km north of Nagpur, and Tadoba National Park around 180 km south of Nagpur.
Mammal species such as the Bengal tiger, Indian leopard, gaur, blue bull, chital, sambar deer, barking deer, chinkara, monkey, wild boar, sloth bear and dhole live here. [4] The Wildlife Institute of India estimated the presence of three tigers in and around the sanctuary but the number has increased to five, with three new cubs sighted in ...
Nagpur is surrounded by many tiger reserves and acts as a gateway, hence called Tiger capital of India. [221] Tiger reserves such as Pench Tiger Reserve is situated around 100 km from the city and can be reached through NH44 in Nagpur Jabalpur road. Tadoba National Park is situated south of the city and is around 141 km from the city.
Nagarjunsagar-Srisailam Tiger Reserve: 1978 3568.09 Nandyal, Palnadu, Prakasam: Nelapattu Bird Sanctuary: 1976 4.4 Tirupati: Pulicat Lake Bird Sanctuary: 1976 500 Tirupati: Rollapadu Wildlife Sanctuary: 1988 6.14 Nandyal: Sri Lankamalleswara Wildlife Sanctuary: 1988 464.42 Kadapa: Sri Penusila Narasimha Wildlife Sanctuary: 1997 1030.85 Nellore