With Ranipur, Uttar Pradesh Gets Its 4th Tiger Reserve
31 Oct 2022 In
a welcome move, Uttar Pradesh is set to have its fourth tiger reserve.
Chitrakoot district’s Ranipur Wildlife Sanctuary (RWS) will have a
planned reserve, a first in the state’s Bundelkhand region. In
September, the Uttar Pradesh cabinet approved the notification of the
tiger reserve under Section 38 (v) of the Wildlife (Protection) Act of
1972.
The reserve will span across 529.89 square km,
with a 299.58 sq. km buffer zone and 230 sq. km core area. As of right
now, the Ranipur Wildlife Sanctuary in Chitrakoot district has no
tigers of its own.
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