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Veerangana Durgavati Tiger Reserve becomes the 7th tiger reserve of Madhya Pradesh and 55th in India
Published on 28 Sep 2023
- The Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change declared Veerangana Durgavati Tiger Reserve as the 7th Tiger Reserve of Madhya Pradesh.
- The primary objective is to ensure better conservation efforts for the wildlife of the area.
- There are now a total of 55 designated tiger reserves in India.
- Earlier the 54th Tiger Reserve was Dholpur-Karauli Tiger Reserve in Rajasthan.
- Madhya Pradesh was already home to six tiger reserves: Kanha, Bandhavgarh, Satpura, Pench, Panna and Sanjay-Dubri.
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