{"id":18525,"date":"2026-05-26T11:20:42","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T05:50:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=18525"},"modified":"2026-05-26T14:58:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T09:28:16","slug":"katarniaghat-wildlife-sanctuary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/katarniaghat-wildlife-sanctuary\/","title":{"rendered":"Katarniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Katarniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A woman died following a tiger attack while gathering firewood in Katarniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary recently.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Katarniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is located in the <\/span><b>Terai belt<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the <\/span><b>Upper Gangetic Plains<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the Bahraich district of <\/span><b>Uttar Pradesh<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, close to the <\/span><b>Indo-Nepal border.\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 1987, it was brought under the purview of the \u2018Project Tiger\u2019, and <\/span><b>together with the Kishanpur Wildlife Sanctuary and the Dudhwa National Park<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, it <\/span><b>forms the Dudhwa Tiger Reserve.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It provides strategic <\/span><b>connectivity between the tiger habitats <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of Dudhwa and Kishanpur in <\/span><b>India and the Bardia National Park in Nepal<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Vegetation<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Katarniyaghat\u2019s vegetation consists of<\/span><b> grasslands, mixed deciduous forests, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><b>moist deciduous forests.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Flora<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: It is <\/span><b>predominantly Sal Forest<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with its associate tree species like Terminalia alata (Asna), Lagerstroemia parviflora (Asidha), Adina cordifonia (Haldu), Mitragyna parpiflora (Faldu), Gamelina arborea (Gahmhar), etc.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Fauna<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is home to a number of endangered species, including the <\/span><b>gharial, tiger, rhino,<\/b> <b>Gangetic dolphin, Swamp deer, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hispid hare, Bengal florican, the White-backed and Long-billed vultures.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>Gairwa River,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which flows in the area, is declared a <\/span><b>sanctuary for Mugger and Gharial.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is also home to rare turtles, freshwater fish, and a host of aquatic life.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is among the few places in India where <\/span><b>freshwater dolphins,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> also known as <\/span><b>Gangetic dolphins, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">are found in their natural habitat.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source<\/b><strong>:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.devdiscourse.com\/article\/science-environment\/3921677-tigers-tragical-roar-woman-killed-in-katarniaghat-wildlife-sanctuary?amp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>DEVD<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Katarniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary is situated in the Upper Gangetic plain, falling in the Terai of the Bahraich district of Uttar Pradesh. 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