Maharashtra gets its 6th Tiger Reserve ; Bor Wildlife Sanctuary in Wardha notified for tiger conservation
Maharashtra gets its 6 th Tiger Reserve ; Bor Wildlife Sanctuary in Wardha notified for tiger conservation The Ministry of Environment & Forests has approved the proposal by the Maharsahtra Government for notifying Bor Wildlife Sanctuary in Wardha district of Maharashtra as a Tiger Reserve . It becomes the 6 th tiger reserve in Maharashtra after Tadoba, Melghat, Pench, Nagzira and Sahyadri, and the 47 th tiger reserve in the country. Union Minister for Environment, Forests and Climate Change, Prakash Javadekar approved the recommendation to declare 13,812 hactare area of Bor Sanctuary, New Bor Sanctuary and New Bor Extended Wildlife Sanctuary as a core / critical tiger habitat. Mr. Javadekar is also the Chairman of the National Tiger Conservation Authority The Bor Wildlife Sanctuary, notified by the State in 1970, is rich in biodiversity with a wide variety of flora and fauna, includi...