Madhya Pradesh gets India’s largest tiger reserve in Damoh, to be operational in next two to three months
wildlife sanctuaries in Madhya Pradesh to create the largest tiger reserve in the country spanning 2,300 square kilometres, ANI reported on Sunday. The Union government has issued a notification regarding the approval of the proposal to merge the Nauradehi Wildlife Sanctuary—located in central Madhya Pradesh covering parts of Sagar, Damoh, Narsinghpur, and Raisen districts—with the Rani Durgavati Wildlife Sanctuary in the Damoh district of the state, the report said citing a forest department official.
The department is working on its plan to make the new tiger reserve operational within the next two to three months, the officials said. The new tiger reserve will not only provide a safe haven for the area's tiger population, which currently stands at 16 but also boost tourism and development in the region, ANI quoted Damoh's Forest Divisional Officer, MS Uikey as saying.
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