{"id":21875,"date":"2026-04-15T11:52:27","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T06:22:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=21875"},"modified":"2026-04-16T14:26:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T08:56:05","slug":"eturnagaram-wildlife-sanctuary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/eturnagaram-wildlife-sanctuary\/","title":{"rendered":"Eturnagaram Wildlife Sanctuary"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Eturnagaram Wildlife Sanctuary Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, a massive forest fire has engulfed hundreds of hectares of Eturnagaram Wildlife Sanctuary in Mulugu district.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Eturnagaram Wildlife Sanctuary<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is located near the border of <\/span><b>Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, and Telangana of Telangana.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was established in 1952.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Rivers:<\/strong> It has a water source called <\/span><b>Dayyam Vagu,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which separates the sanctuary into two parts.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The river <\/span><b>Godavari also passes through it.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Terrain:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The landscape is undulating, ranging from steep slopes to gentle slopes from west to east.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The famous <\/span><b>Sammakka-Saralamma Temple<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is situated inside the sanctuary.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Vegetation:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The region is covered completely with thick natural vegetation, and it falls in the <\/span><b>tropical dry deciduous.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Flora: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is rich in the growth of <\/span><b>teak, bamboo<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and other trees like madhuca and terminalia.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Fauna:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> This sanctuary provides shelter to Tiger, Leopard, Panther, Wolf, Wild Dogs, Jackals, Sloth Bear, Chousingha, <\/span><b>Black Buck, Nilgai, Samba<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">r, Spotted Deer, Four Horned Antilope, Chinkara, Black Buck, Gaur, and Giant Squirrels.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newindianexpress.com\/states\/telangana\/2026\/Apr\/15\/fire-ravages-hundreds-of-hectares-in-telanganas-eturnagaram-wildlife-sanctuary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NIE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eturnagaram Wildlife Sanctuary is located near the border of Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, and Telangana of Telangana. 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