{"id":13222,"date":"2025-09-02T10:48:05","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T05:18:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=13222"},"modified":"2025-09-02T13:16:50","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T07:46:50","slug":"srivilliputhur-megamalai-tiger-reserve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/srivilliputhur-megamalai-tiger-reserve\/","title":{"rendered":"Srivilliputhur Megamalai Tiger Reserve"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Srivilliputhur\u2013Meghamalai Tiger Reserve Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, concerns have been raised over the unauthorised construction and repair of three roads in Theni district within the Srivilliputhur\u2013Meghamalai Tiger Reserve (SMTR).<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Srivilliputhur\u2013Meghamalai Tiger Reserve<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is spread across the districts of Theni, <\/span><b>Virudhunagar and Madurai in Tamil Nadu.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It lies in the ecologically sensitive <\/span><b>Western Ghats region.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was <\/span><b>formed in February 2021<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by combining <\/span><b>Grizzled Squirrel Wildlife Sanctuary<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>Megamalai Wildlife Sanctuary.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It will function as a connecting link between Kerala\u2019s Periyar Tiger Reserve and Tamil Nadu\u2019s Southern Kalakkad-Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Srivilliputhu Megamalai Tiger Reserve (SMTR) area primarily relies on three perennial rivers: <\/span><b>Vaigai, Suruliyaru, and Shanmuganathi.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Flora and Fauna of Srivilliputhur\u2013Meghamalai Tiger Reserve<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s a blend of tropical <\/span><b>evergreen and semi-evergreen forests<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>dry deciduous<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and moist mixed deciduous woods, and grasslands.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Mammals:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Elephants, Tiger, Leopard, Nilgiri Tahr, Gaur, Spotted Deer, Barking Deer, Sambar Deer, Wild Boar, Porcupine, Nilgiri Langur, Lion-Tailed Macaque etc.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Birds:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Red-Whiskered Bulbul, Common Iora, White-Browed Wagtail, Grey Wagtail, Pied Bush Chat etc.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Reptiles:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Wood Snake, Monitor Lizard, Chameleon, etc.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/tamil-nadu\/roads-laid-flouting-forest-rules-in-srivilliputhurmeghamalai-tiger-reserve\/article69993294.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TH<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Srivilliputhur Megamalai Tiger Reserve (SMTR) is spread across the districts of Theni, Virudhunagar and Madurai in Tamil Nadu. 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