The technical committee of the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has approved the proposal to designate Madhav National Park in Madhya Pradesh’s Shivpuri district as a tiger reserve.
- It will have a total area of 1751 square kilometres, comprising core area of 375 square kilometres and buffer area of 1276 square kilometres.
- The committee also approved the release of a tiger and a tigress into the park.
- This will be the eighth tiger reserve of Madhya Pradesh. Kanha, Satpura, Bandhavgarh, Pench, Sanjay Dubri, Panna and Veerangana Durgavati are the existing tiger reserves in MP.
- This conservation initiative by the Madhya Pradesh government will strengthen wildlife management in Madhav National Park and Kuno National Park.
- The Kuno National Park is the only abode of the cheetahs in the country. It is situated in Sheopur district and is close to Madhav National Park.
