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Srivilliputhur-Meghamalai Tiger Reserve

The National Tiger Conservation Authority has approved the creation of the Srivilliputhur-Meghamalai Tiger Reserve, which will be the fifth tiger reserve in Tamil Nadu. The tiger reserve will surround the Meghamalai and Srivilliputhur Grizzled Squirrel Wildlife Sanctuaries and cover an area of 148,000 hectares, comprising the Srivilliputhur Grizzled Squirrel, Meghamalai, and Tirunelveli Wildlife Sanctuaries. The Srivilliputhur Wildlife Sanctuary, also known as the Grizzled Squirrel Wildlife Sanctuary, was established in 1988 to protect the near threatened grizzled giant squirrel.

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Srivilliputhur-Meghamalai Tiger Reserve

The National Tiger Conservation Authority has approved the creation of the Srivilliputhur-Meghamalai Tiger Reserve, which will be the fifth tiger reserve in Tamil Nadu. The tiger reserve will surround the Meghamalai and Srivilliputhur Grizzled Squirrel Wildlife Sanctuaries and cover an area of 148,000 hectares, comprising the Srivilliputhur Grizzled Squirrel, Meghamalai, and Tirunelveli Wildlife Sanctuaries. The Srivilliputhur Wildlife Sanctuary, also known as the Grizzled Squirrel Wildlife Sanctuary, was established in 1988 to protect the near threatened grizzled giant squirrel.

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Srivilliputhur-

Meghamalai
Tiger Reserve
India’s 51st and Tamil
Nadu’s 5th Tiger Reserve

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SRIVILLIPUTHUR-MEGHAMALAI TR
The National Tiger Conservation
Authority (NTCA) has approved the
creation of the fifth tiger reserve in

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Tamil Nadu.

▫The tiger reserve will surround the


Meghamalai and the Srivilliputhur
Grizzled Squirrel Wildlife Sanctuaries
within it.

▫The tiger reserve will spread to 1.48


lakh hectares of land comprising of the
Srivilliputhur Grizzled Squirrel Wildlife
Sanctuary, Meghamalai Wildlife
Sanctuary and Tirunelveli Wildlife
Sanctuary.
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SRIVILLIPUTHUR WILDLIFE SANCTUARY
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▫It is also known as the Grizzled
Squirrel Wildlife Sanctuary (GSWS).

▫It was established in the year 1988


with the objective of protecting the
Near threatened grizzled giant
squirrel.

▫It is bordered by the Periyar Tiger


Reserve in the southwest.

▫It is also called as one of the best-


preserved forests lying south of the
Palghat Gap.
NATIONAL TIGER CONSERVATION
AUTHORITY (NTCA)
▫It was established in December 2005.

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▫It was set up on the recommendations of
Tiger Task Force constituted by the Prime
Minister of India with the objective of
protecting the tigers.

▫It was established under section 38 L (1)


of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972. The
authority gets the power from section 38 O
(1) of the act of 1972.

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