Srivilliputhur-Megamalai Tiger Reserve

It is India's 51st tiger reserve[1] and 5th tiger reserve of tamil nadu.[2] It is formed of combining two wild life sanctuaries namely grizzled squirrel wild life sanctuary and Megamalai wildlife sanctuary. On 8th Feb 2021, ministry of enviroinment, forest and climate change give notification of this new tiger reserve.[3] On 6 april 2021, the Government of Tamil Nadu and forest department approved for a creation of new Tiger Reserve in Tamilnadu[4] and on 11 April 2021 a new tiger reserve is formed which is called as Megamalai Tiger Reserve.[2] It is also called as SRIVILLIPUTHUR-MEGAMALAI TIGER RESERVE.

Tiger reserve area : 1016.57 sq.km

Tiger reserve area : 1016.57 sq.km

Core area : 641. 86 sq.km

Buffer area :  374.70 sq.km

   It is mainly formed for connecting adjacent wild life sanctuaries such as periya sanctuary, srivilliputhur grizzled squirrel wild life sanctuary, anamalai wildlife sanctuary, kalakkad mundanthurai tiger reserve, thenmala reserve forests which are being unconnected.[5] It will act as a connecting bridge of all adjacent sanctuaries and also to make it as a contagious corridor where big cats can thrive. These two sanctuaries (megamalai tiger reserve and grizzled squirrel wild life sanctuary) are acting as a buffer zones for all the above mentioned sanctuaries till now. NTCA which is abbreviated as national tiger conservation authority has approved this new tiger reserve.[6]

    Though it's areas are covers the Grizzled Squirrel Wildlife Sanctuary also for tiger protection. This Tiger Reserve also gives a buffer zone for the Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary, Grizzled Squirrel Wildlife Sanctuary. It also give a best connection for animals in that forest to move around freely from Periyar Tiger Reserve till srivilliputhur wild life sanctuary via Megamalai Forests. It also gives protection to the VAIGAI river which originates from Megamalai which gives protection from land encroaches and starts to flow again as a perennial river. Thus this new tiger reserve will help in transformation of vaigai river to perennial river from non-perennial river.[7][2]

Deputy director name Dilip Kumar,IFs

References
  1. Sreejith, T. J. "51st Tiger Reserve in India to come up in Meghamalai". Mathrubhumi. Retrieved 2021-05-28.
  2. Kumar, B. Aravind (2021-02-11). "TN gets its fifth tiger reserve in Srivilliputhur - Megamalai". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2021-05-28.
  3. "Centre approves Srivilliputhur-Megamalai Tiger Reserve in Tamil Nadu". Jagranjosh.com. 2021-02-08. Retrieved 2021-05-28.
  4. Kumar, B. Aravind (2021-02-06). "Srivilliputhur–Megamalai Tiger Reserve in TN approved". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2021-05-28.
  5. P. Oppili (Feb 9, 2021). "'Srivilliputhur-Megamalai as fifth tiger reserve will boost conservation efforts' | Chennai News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2021-05-28.
  6. Pointer, 10. "Srivilliputhur–Megamalai Tiger Reserve in TN approved". www.10pointer.com. Retrieved 2021-05-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  7. "Srivilliputhur Megamalai-Tamil Nadu's new Tiger Reserve - JournalsOfIndia". 2021-02-23. Retrieved 2021-05-28.
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