{"id":3562,"date":"2025-12-01T11:33:55","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T06:03:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=3562"},"modified":"2025-12-01T16:33:02","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T11:03:02","slug":"sariska-tiger-reserve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/sariska-tiger-reserve\/","title":{"rendered":"Sariska Tiger Reserve"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Sariska Tiger Reserve Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The administration of the Sariska Tiger Reserve in eastern Rajasthan is adopting new technology like drones to monitor its steadily increasing tiger population.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Sariska Tiger Reserve<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Location<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: It is located in the <\/span><b>Alwar district, Rajasthan.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a part of the<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/aravalli-range\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b> Aravali Range<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the <\/span><b>Kathiawar-Gir dry deciduous forests ecoregion.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It stretches over an area of 881 sq.km.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was <\/span><b>once a hunting ground of the Maharaja of Alwar<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> before being proclaimed a natural reserve in 1955 and a national park in 1979.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It became a Tiger Reserve under Project Tiger in 1979.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It holds the distinction of being the <\/span><b>world&#8217;s first reserve to successfully relocate tigers after local extinction due to poaching in 2004.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is also famous for<\/span><b> old temples, palaces, and lakes<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> such as <\/span><b>Pandu Pol, Bhangarh Fort,<\/b> <b>Ajabgarh, Pratapgarh, Siliserh Lake,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>Jai Samand Lake.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Topography<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: It possesses a rocky landscape, scrub thorn arid forests, grasses, hilly cliffs, and semi-deciduous wood.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Vegetation<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: The vegetation of Sariska corresponds to <\/span><b>Northern Tropical Dry Deciduous <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Forests and <\/span><b>Northern Tropical Thorn <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Forest.<\/span><\/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;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The area of this reserve is covered with<\/span><b> dhok trees.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Other species found include <\/span><b>salar, kadaya, gol, ber, Banyan<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, gugal, bamboo, kair, adusta, etc.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Fauna<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: A variety of other wild animals, like the l<\/span><b>eopard, sambhar, chital, nilgai, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">four-horned antelope, wild boar etc are found in the reserve apart from the tiger.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.etvbharat.com\/en\/offbeat\/drone-technology-will-now-be-used-to-monitor-tigers-in-sariska-enn25112702234\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ETVB<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sariska Tiger Reserve is a part of the Aravali Range and the Kathiawar-Gir dry deciduous forests ecoregion. 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