Context
Recently, the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) designated the combined areas of Guru Ghasidas National Park and Tamor Pingla Wildlife Sanctuary as Tiger Reserve.
About the new Reserve
- The new Reserve is located in the northern part of the country, across Madhya Pradesh and Jharkhand.
- This will be the fourth Tiger Reserve in Chhattisgarh, after:
- Udanti-Sitanadi
- Achanakmar
- Indravati
- Approval was granted under Section 38V (1) of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.
National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCAP)
- NTCA is a statutory body under the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, established in 2005 for strengthening tiger conservation.
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About Guru Ghasidas National Park
- Named after the Satnami reformist hero of the place, Guru Ghasidas, is the result of the carving of Chhattisgarh from Madhya Pradesh in the year of 2000.
- Guru Ghasidas National Park was the last known Asian cheetah in the country.
- It is located in the Koriya state of Chhattisgarh.
- It connects Jharkhand and Madhya Pradesh and provides a corridor for tigers to move between the Bandhavgarh(Madhya Pradesh) and Palamau Tiger Reserves (Jharkhand).
- The park has a constant topography and falls under a tropical climate zone.
About Tamor Pingla Wildlife Sanctuary
- It is located in the Surajpur district of Chhattisgarh on the border of Uttar Pradesh.
- It is named after the hill of Tamor and Pingla Nalla.
- Tamor hill and Pingla Nalla are considered to be the oldest and most prominent features of the sanctuary.
