{"id":3626,"date":"2026-01-16T11:52:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T06:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=3626"},"modified":"2026-01-16T12:15:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T06:45:14","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;\">Forest officials are gearing up to conduct the wildlife census at the Kawal Tiger Reserve.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Kawal Tiger Reserve<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Location:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is located in the <\/span><b>state of Telangana.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>along the<\/b> <b>banks of river Godavari,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> forming part of the Deccan peninsula-central highlands.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" 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;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The government of India declared Kawal Wildlife Sanctuary a Tiger Reserve in 2012.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Rivers:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The reserve is the catchment for the rivers <\/span><b>Godavari and Kadam<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which flow towards the south of the sanctuary.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Geographically, the reserve is situated at the southernmost tip of the Central Indian Tiger Landscape, having <\/span><b>linkages with the Tadoba-Andhari<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Maharashtra) and <\/span><b>Indravati (Chhattisgarh) tiger reserves.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Habitat:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It has diverse habitats comprising dense forests, grasslands, rivers, streams and water bodies.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Vegetation:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Southern Tropical Dry Deciduous Forest.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Flora:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It consists of teak along with Bamboo 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;\"> The major wild animals include: nilgai, chousinga, chinkara, black buck, sambar, spotted deer etc.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newindianexpress.com\/states\/telangana\/2026\/Jan\/15\/wildlife-census-at-telanganas-kawal-tiger-reserve-from-jan-19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">News India Express<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kawal Tiger Reserve is located in the state of Telangana. 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