Bihar to get second tiger reserve in Kaimur district
- September 28, 2023
- Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
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Bihar to get second tiger reserve in Kaimur district
Subject :Environment
Section: Protected areas
Source: TH
Context:
- Bihar is set to get its second tiger reserve in Kaimur district- Kaimur wildlife sanctuary.
- Earlier Dholpur-Karauli TR of Rajasthan became the 54rd tiger reserve of the country.
Details:
- The Valmiki Tiger Reserve (VTR) in West Champaran district, is currently the 1st and only tiger reserve of the state.
- A report of the NTCA said that the tiger population in the Valmiki reserve has increased from 31 in 2018 to 54.
- The total tiger count in the State currently is 54.
- There is a need for the second tiger reserve in the state as Valmiki TR has reached its saturation point of 50 tigers.
Kaimur Wildlife sanctuary:
- The Kaimur district is divided into two parts:
- hilly area which is also known as Kaimur plateau and
- The plain area on the western side which is flanked by the rivers Karmnasa and Durgavati.
- The district has a large forest cover and is home to tigers, leopards and chinkaras.
- The forests of Kaimur span 1,134 sq km area including 986 sq km of the Kaimur Wildlife Sanctuary.
- At 34%, Kaimur also has the highest green cover in Bihar and the Kaimur forests are the biggest in the State in terms of area.
- The district shares its boundary with neighboring States of Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh.
- Kaimur Wildlife Sanctuary is situated in Kaimur District and Rohtas District of Bihar. It is the largest sanctuary in the state.
- Vegetation: Tropical Dry Mixed Deciduous, Dry Sal Forests, Boswellia Forests and Dry Bamboo Brakes.
- There are several waterfalls of which the finest are Karkat Waterfall, Manjhar Kund, Dhua Kund.