Madhya Pradesh Wildlife Board Approves New Tiger Reserve

Category : State Published on: October 20 2022

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Madhya Pradesh Wildlife Board on Friday approved a new reserve for tigers of Panna Tiger Reserve (PTR), one-fourth of which will get submerged due to the linking of the Ken-Betwa Rivers.
The 2,339 square kilometres new tiger reserve, to be called Durgavati Tiger Reserve, will spread across Narisinghpur, Damoh and Sagar districts.
On September 27, the Uttar Pradesh cabinet approved the notification of the state’s fourth tiger reserve in the Ranipur Wildlife Sanctuary (RWS) in the Chitrakoot district.
The new tiger reserve (DTR) is being developed so that big cats from Panna Tiger Reserve (PTR) can shift there naturally.
Nauradehi wildlife sanctuary, which has five tigers, is a corridor between Satpura and PTR, while Durgavati Wildlife Sanctuary is a green corridor for Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve.
In 2020, UNESCO included PTR in a global network of biospheres because of its unique landscape and management.