Srivilliputhur–Megamalai Tiger Reserve in TN approved
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February 06, 2021 17:11 IST
The proposal seeks to declare 1.48 lakh hectares of land for the reserve, which will be the fifth for the big cats in TN
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The proposal seeks to declare 1.48 lakh hectares of land for the reserve, which will be the fifth for the big cats in TN
The Central government has given its approval for the creation of a fifth tiger reserve in Tamil Nadu that will encompass the Meghamalai and Srivilliputhur Grizzled Squirrel Wildlife Sanctuaries.
For nearly a decade now, environmental activists have been seeking a tiger reserve linking these two sanctuaries, adjoining the Periyar Tiger Reserve in Kerala, and then to connect it with the Tirunelveli Wildlife Sanctuary, and then to Kalakkad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve to make it a contiguous corridor where the big cats can thrive.