Guru Ghasidas-Tamor Pingla Tiger Reserve

About Guru Ghasidas-Tamor Pingla Tiger Reserve: 

• It is located in the northern part of the state Chhattisgarh, bordering Madhya Pradesh and Jharkhand.
• This will be the fourth Tiger Reserve in Chhattisgarh, after the Udanti-Sitanadi, Achanakmar, and Indravati Reserves.
• It is spread across the combined areas of the Guru Ghasidas National Park and Tamor Pingla Wildlife Sanctuary in Chhattisgarh.
• Fauna: This area is home to various mammal species, including tigers, leopards, hyenas, jackals, wolves, sloth bears, barking deer, chinkara, and chital.
• Rivers: It serves as the origin of significant rivers such as Hasdeo Gopad and Baranga and a catchment area for rivers like Neur, Bijadhur, Banas, Rehand, and numerous smaller rivers and rivulets.

Guru Ghasidas National Park

• It connects Jharkhand and Madhya Pradesh and provides a corridor for tigers to move between the Bandhavgarh and Palamau Tiger Reserves.
• It was originally part of the Sanjay Dubri National Park, Guru Ghasidas Park was created as a separate entity in Chhattisgarh’s Sarguja region after the formation of the state in 2001.

Q1: What is the National Tiger Conservation Authority?

National Tiger Conservation Authority was established in 2006 under Wildlife (Protection) Act 1972. Its objective is providing statutory authority to Project Tiger so that compliance of its directives becomes legal.

Source: Chhattisgarh govt. to develop fourth tiger reserve in State