{"id":86303,"date":"2026-02-06T13:28:21","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T07:58:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=86303"},"modified":"2026-02-06T14:37:50","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T09:07:50","slug":"mehao-wildlife-sanctuary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/mehao-wildlife-sanctuary\/","title":{"rendered":"Mehao Wildlife Sanctuary"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Mehao Wildlife Sanctuary Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the Arunachal Pradesh government granted permission to capture the tiger that killed a head constable along the Roing\u2013Mayodia road inside Mehao Wildlife Sanctuary.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Mehao Wildlife Sanctuary<\/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 state<\/span><b> of Arunachal Pradesh.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is named after its beautiful and mesmerizing <\/span><b>\u2018Mehao Lake\u2019<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> situated in the core<\/span><b> zone of the sanctuary.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Terrain:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The terrain is entirely hilly, varying in altitude from 400 m to 3,560 m.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Major perennial rivers and streams that flow through the sanctuary are <\/span><b>Ashupani, Deopani, Enjopan, Diphu and Jowe.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This Sanctuary <\/span><b>consists of four forest types:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Tropical Evergreen Forests, Sub-Tropical &amp; Temperate Forests, Temperate Broad Leave Forest and Temperate Conifer Forest\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Flora:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Important tree species are HollocK, Khokan, Mekai, Simul. The bamboo of the variety <\/span><b>Dendrocalamus Hamiltonii<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is found in abundance.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>medicinal plants Coptis Teeta<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Mishmi Teeta) is an endemic species and Taxus baccata are available here.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Fauna: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Clouded leopard, marbled cat, wild dog, spotted linsang, Himalayan Black Bear and Red Panda are some of the prominent species found in the sanctuary.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/hubnetwork.in\/arunachal-govt-grants-permission-to-capture-tiger-after-fatal-attack-in-mehao-wildlife-sanctuary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Hub Network<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mehao Wildlife Sanctuary is located in the state of Arunachal Pradesh. 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