Indravati Tiger Reserve                                     

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Context: At Indravati Tiger Reserve, where a tiger census is underway.

• The tiger census work will cover 400 square kilometres in Indravati Tiger Reserve in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district.
• This is the first time tiger counting will be carried in such a large area of the reserve, which is a Maoist-affected area.
• The connectivity between Tadoba Tiger Reserve and Indravati Tiger Reserve makes the latter an important tiger habitat in central India.

About Indravati Tiger Reserve:

• Indravati National Park is a national park located in Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh state in India.
• The park derives its name from the Indravati River, which flows from east to west and forms the northern boundary of the reserve with the Indian state of Maharashtra.
• It is one of three Project Tiger sites in Chhattisgarh, along with Udanti-sitanadi, and is home to one of the last remaining populations of the endangered wild water buffalo.

https://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/wildlife-biodiversity/tiger-survey-census-work-to-cover-400-sq-km-in-chhattisgarh-s-maoist-territory-80859