{"id":6167,"date":"2026-03-26T12:55:53","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T07:25:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=6167"},"modified":"2026-03-26T13:31:27","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T08:01:27","slug":"amrabad-tiger-reserve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/amrabad-tiger-reserve\/","title":{"rendered":"Amrabad Tiger Reserve"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Amrabad Tiger Reserve Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the Telangana government has taken up the rehabilitation and relocation of tribal families living in the Amrabad Tiger Reserve as part of its efforts to balance the development of tribal families with wildlife conservation.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Amrabad Tiger Reserve<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Location:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is located in the <\/span><b>Nallamala hills<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the <\/span><b><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/eastern-ghats\/\" target=\"_blank\">Eastern Ghats<\/a> in Telangana state.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was originally <\/span><b>part of the larger Nagarjunasagar-Srisailam Tiger Reserve<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> before the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana in 2014.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Terrain:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The reserve is renowned for its rugged terrain, deep valleys, and dense forests.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Rivers:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The Krishna River and its perennial streams originating within the reserve contribute to the water supply of major reservoirs such as the Srishailam Dam and Nagarjunsagar Dam.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Tribal Community: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>Chenchu tribe<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is one of the major tribal communities that live in the ATR.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Flora:\u00a0<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amrabad is characterized by <\/span><b>dry deciduous forests<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, primarily made up of sal, teak, bamboo, and acacia trees.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The forest is rich in <\/span><b>medicinal plants and shrubs<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which have long been used by local tribes for traditional remedies.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Fauna:\u00a0<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is home to<\/span><b> leopards and wild cats,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> along with herbivores like sambar deer, chital (spotted deer), nilgai (blue bull), wild boar, and the Indian bison (gaur).\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Over 303 bird species have been identified in this region. Some important groups include Eagles, Pigeons, Doves, Cuckoos, Woodpeckers, Drongos, etc.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/hyderabad\/telangana-govt-begins-rehabilitation-of-417-tribal-families-from-amrabad-tiger-reserve\/articleshow\/129810206.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>TOI<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amrabad Tiger Reserve in Telangana is in news for tribal relocation. Know its location, flora, fauna, Chenchu tribe, and role in wildlife conservation and ecology.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":48889,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[652,21,23],"class_list":{"0":"post-6167","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"tag-amrabad-tiger-reserve","9":"tag-prelims-pointers","10":"tag-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","11":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6167"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6167\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":95016,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6167\/revisions\/95016"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}