Umred Karhandla Wildlife Sanctuary

Umred Karhandla Wildlife Sanctuary
Map showing the location of Umred Karhandla Wildlife Sanctuary
Location Nagpur district and Bhandara district, Maharashtra, India
Nearest city Nagpur 58 kilometres (36 mi)
Coordinates 20°50′08″N 79°30′40″E / 20.83556°N 79.51111°E / 20.83556; 79.51111Coordinates: 20°50′08″N 79°30′40″E / 20.83556°N 79.51111°E / 20.83556; 79.51111
Area 189 km2 (73 sq mi)
Established 2013
Governing body Maharashtra Forest Department
Website www.mahapenchtiger.com/Bor/Umred-Karhandala.aspx

Umred Karhandla Wildlife Sanctuary, about 58 km from Nagpur and 60  km from Bhandara spreed over Pauni Tahsil of Bhandara district and Umred, Kuhi and Bhivapur Taluka of Nagpur district.[1] This Sanctuary has also connection with Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve through forest along Wainganga river. The sanctuary is home to resident breeding tigers, herds of Gaur, wild dogs and also rare animals like flying squirrels, pangolins and honey badger.

It is bounded roughly by the Wainganga river and the Gose Khurd Dam on the northeast, State Highway 9 and Bhiwapur Town on the south, Umred on the west and a narrow 10 km long range of 600 – 800 m hills to the northwest. It is located 40 km north of Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve and 50 km southwest of Nagzira Wildlife Sanctury & 60 km from Nagpur, Maharashtra. Pench Tiger Reserve is 80 km to the northwest

From the last few years, the number of tourists are increasing because it is very close to the Umred and Nagpur city. Tigers are very commonly seen here by many villages around the sanctuary.[2]

Wildlife

According to a recent report in the India Times report 11 tigers, six leopards are in the sanctuary, in addition to wild dogs, sloth bears, bisons, nilgais, deer and sambars [3][4]

In 2009, Umred-Karhandla was identified as having a good source population of tigers.[5]

Tourism and Conservation

The sanctuary provides connectivity between key tiger reserves like Tadoba, Pench, Bor and Nagzira. It thus also serves to reduce pressure of tourists and tourist-related activities from those protected areas because they are more Eco sensitive.

Starting a few years, several water management programs have been created by tiger protection NGO Wildlife Trust of India (WTI). [6] About 100 km of motorable road have been developed out of which tourists are allowed on 44 km. The road can handle about 40 vehicles- 20 in the morning and 20 in the evening. The Forest department has trained about 20 villagers from the nearby and surrounding areas as guides which provides them employment. The main entrance of the sanctuary is at Karhandla village.

Umred-Karhandla Wildlife Sanctuary, is one of the most visited wildlife sanctuary, after Pench in Nagpur area. The tiger Jai, regularly sighted in the park, has migrated here from the sanctuary at Nagzira.[7]

The following statistics pertain to the 2013-14 tourist season from October 16 to February 28 :

References

  1. ↑ "Umred-Karhandla Wildlife Sanctuary". mahapenchtiger.com. Retrieved 2014-04-06.
  2. ↑ "Umred-Karhandla 2nd most visited park after Pench - The Times of India". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 2014-06-28.
  3. ↑ "Umrer-Karhandla sanctuary opens today - The Times of India". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 2014-04-06.
  4. ↑ "The Wildlife Conservation And Development Centre". sanctuaryasia.com. Retrieved 2014-06-28.
  5. ↑ http://www.sanctuaryasia.com/resources/ngo-profiles/9585-the-wildlife-conservation-and-development-centre.html#sthash.G4PrgvWr.dpuf
  6. ↑ "Nagzira tiger migrates to Umred-Karhandla sanctuary - The Economic Times on Mobile". m.economictimes.com. Retrieved 2014-06-28.
  7. ↑ "Umred-Karhandla 2nd most visited park after Pench - The Times of India". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 2014-04-06.
 Nagpur, Pench Tiger Reserve Kuhi, Gosi kd Dam, Nagzira, Bhandara
Umred, Bor Wildlife Sanctuary Navegaon National Park
   Umred Karhandla Wildlife Sanctuary  
Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve, Bhiwapur, Nagbhid Bramhapuri, Armori
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/18/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.