{"id":3626,"date":"2026-07-23T11:52:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T06:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=3626"},"modified":"2026-07-23T13:27:05","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T07:57:05","slug":"kawal-tiger-reserve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/kawal-tiger-reserve\/","title":{"rendered":"Kawal Tiger Reserve"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Kawal Tiger Reserve Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) recently identified Kawal Tiger Reserve in Telangana as a \u2018priority recipient site\u2019 for tiger recovery.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Kawal Tiger Reserve<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is located in the state of <\/span><b>Telangana<\/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;\">It is along the <\/span><b>banks of the river Godavari,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> forming part of the <\/span><b>Deccan peninsula-central highlands.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The reserve is nestled in the <\/span><b>Sahyadri Mountain Ranges.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Geographically, the reserve is situated at the <\/span><b>southernmost tip of the Central Indian Tiger Landscape,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> having <\/span><b>linkages with the Tadoba-Andhari (Maharashtra) <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and<\/span><b> Indravati (Chhattisgarh)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> tiger reserves.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Rivers<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: It is a major catchment of the river <\/span><b>Godavari <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and local <\/span><b>rivulets like Peddavagu<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>Kadam<\/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;\">Habitat: It has diverse habitats comprising dense forests, grasslands, rivers, streams, and water bodies.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Vegetation<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><b>Southern Tropical Dry Deciduous Forest.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Flora<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: It consists of<\/span><b> teak along with bamboo <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and other species like Anogeissus latifolia, Mitragyna parviflora, Terminalia crenulata, Terminalia arjuna, Boswellia serrata, etc.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Fauna<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has a faunal diversity which is <\/span><b>typical of the <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/deccan-plateau\/\" target=\"_blank\">Deccan Plateau<\/a>.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The major wild animals include: <\/span><b>tiger, nilgai, chousinga, chinkara,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> black buck, sambar, spotted deer, wild dog, wolf, jackal, fox, leopard,\u00a0 and the jungle cat.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>News<\/b><strong>:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/hyderabad\/kawal-reserve-on-ntca-priority-list-for-tiger-reintroduction\/articleshow\/132565816.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>TOI<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kawal Tiger Reserve is located in the state of Telangana. 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