{"id":29273,"date":"2025-09-13T11:52:22","date_gmt":"2025-09-13T06:22:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=29273"},"modified":"2025-09-13T13:50:18","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T08:20:18","slug":"tipeshwar-wildlife-sanctuary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/tipeshwar-wildlife-sanctuary\/","title":{"rendered":"Tipeshwar Wildlife Sanctuary"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Tipeshwar Wildlife Sanctuary Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, a Forest Department team conducting a routine patrol at Tipeshwar Wildlife Sanctuary (TWS) discovered a poached pangolin.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Tipeshwar Wildlife Sanctuary<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Location<\/strong>: It is located in the district of Yavatmal, <\/span><b>Maharashtra<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Spanning across 148.63 sq.km., the sanctuary <\/span><b>derives its name<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from the nearby <\/span><b>&#8216;Goddess Tipai&#8217; shrine<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> located in the Tipeshwar village.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mainly, the sanctuary sprawls amongst the<\/span><b> Patanbori and Parwa Ranges <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of the <\/span><b>Pandarkawad Forest Division.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Four rivers\u2014Purna, Krishna, Bhima, and Tapti<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014flow gracefully through the sanctuary, earning it the poetic title \u201c<\/span><b>Green Oasis of Eastern Maharashtra.\u201d<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>land <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">here is <\/span><b>rich with basaltic soil, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a remnant of ancient volcanic activity.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The sanctuary is <\/span><b>home to several villages<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> whose inhabitants rely on the forest for their daily livelihoods.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Vegetation<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The place is quite <\/span><b>hilly and undulating a<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">nd thus has different types of vegetation cover that varies with the altitude.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The major forest type here is the \u2018<\/span><b>Southern Tropical Dry Deciduous Forests\u2019.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Flora<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The forests of Tipeshwar are dominated by <\/span><b>teak<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which forms about <\/span><b>60% of the canopy,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> alongside other tree species like <\/span><b>Ain, Bija, and Dhawda.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>undergrowth <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">features a variety of <\/span><b>grasses, bamboo groves, and medicinal plants.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b style=\"font-size: inherit;\">Fauna<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: The place shelters a wide array of animals that include <\/span><b style=\"font-size: inherit;\">Hyena, Chital, Black buck, Sambar, Jackal, Wild boar<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Peacock, Monkey, Blue bull, Wild cat, Bear and many more.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/nagpur\/five-arrested-for-poaching-pangolin-in-tipeshwar\/articleshow\/123811839.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TOI<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tipeshwar Wildlife Sanctuary is located in the district of Yavatmal, Maharashtra. 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