{"id":15115,"date":"2026-02-08T13:01:02","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T07:31:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=15115"},"modified":"2026-02-09T15:45:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T10:15:11","slug":"veerangana-durgavati-tiger-reserve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/veerangana-durgavati-tiger-reserve\/","title":{"rendered":"Veerangana Durgavati Tiger Reserve"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Veerangana Durgavati Tiger Reserve Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the standing committee of the National Board for Wildlife has recommended approval for the diversion of about 272 hectares of forest for the Kopra medium irrigation project in the core area of the Veerangana Durgavati Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Veerangana Durgavati Tiger Reserve<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Location:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is located in the state of <\/span><b>Madhya Pradesh.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It encompasses areas within the <\/span><b>Nauradehi Wildlife Sanctuary and Durgavati Wildlife Sanctuary.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the <\/span><b>seventh tiger reserve<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in <\/span><b>Madhya Pradesh.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>named for Rani Durgavati, the<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> queen of the Gondi people.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The reserve also boasts a diverse landscape, with hills, valleys, rivers, streams, waterfalls, and grasslands.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Rivers:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It straddles parts of the <\/span><b>Narmada and Yamuna River basins.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Singorgarh Fort is located within the reserve.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Vegetation:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0 It mainly consists of Dry deciduous type vegetation.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Flora:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The chief floral elements include Teak, Saja, Dhaora, Ber, Amla, etc.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Fauna: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tiger, leopard, wolf, jackal, Indian fox, striped hyena, Nilgai, Chinkara, Chital, Sambhar, Black Buck, Barking deer, Commom Langur, Rhesus Macaque, etc.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is one of the few remaining strongholds for the <\/span><b>White-Rumped and the Indian Vultures<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, critically endangered raptors of India.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/india\/nbwl-panel-approves-irrigation-durgavati-tiger-reserve-10516994\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">IE<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Veerangana Durgavati Tiger Reserve is spread across Sagar, Damoh, and Narsinghpur districts of Madhya Pradesh. 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