Chhattisgarh’s Guru Ghasidas-Tamor Pingla Declared India’s 56th And 3rd Largest Tiger Reserve

The Chhattisgarh government has announced the Guru Ghasidas-Tamor Pingla Tiger Reserve, bringing the state’s total number of tiger reserves to four. The notification, issued on November 4, 2024, designates an area of 2,829.38 sq km for the reserve, including a core zone of 2,049.2 sq km covering the Guru Ghasidas National Park and Tamor Pingla Wildlife Sanctuary. A buffer zone of 780.15 sq km has also been established, making it the third-largest tiger reserve in India, after Nagarjunasagar-Srisailam in Andhra Pradesh and Manas in Assam.