Indravati Tiger Reserve

• Chhattisgarh Forest Department has so far arrested 39 persons for poaching in Indravati Tiger Reserve.

ABOUT INDRAVATI TIGER RESERVE

• The tiger reserve is located in the Bijapur district, Chhattisgarh.
• The perennial river ‘Indravati’ forms the boundary of the reserve on the Northern and Western side.
• Indravati TR attained the status of a national park in 1981 and a tiger reserve in 1983 under Project Tiger.
• It is home to one of the last remaining populations of the ‘endangered’ wild water buffalo.
• The topography of the park mainly comprises undulating hilly terrain.
• The vegetation is mainly of the tropical moist and dry deciduous type with common species including teak, achar, karra, kullu, shisham, semal, haldu, arjun, bel and Jamun.
• Fauna- It is home to gaur (Indian bison), nilgai, blackbuck, chausingha (four-horned antelope), sambar, chital, Indian muntjac, Indian spotted chevrotain, wild boar, tigers, leopards, sloth bears, dholes (wild dog) and striped hyenas.