DUDHAWA TIGER RESERVE ( DTR) & KISHANPUR WILDLIFE SANCTUARY

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Topic 

Wildlife     ecotourism 

prelims          GS3 mains      Geograpgy of India



 DUDHAWA TIGER RESERVE ( DTR)

Dudhawa Tiger Reserve is an ecotourism place and is situated in the Lakhimpur district of Uttar Pradesh State of India, in the region of Terai of The Himalayas that spread over an area of 227 square kilometer. It opens every years in  the month of November.

    • Dudhawa national park has  around: 
      • Fauna ( Wildlife animals): 
        • 105 Royal Bengal Tigers; 
        • 42 one-horned rhinoceros : it is protected under the wild life ( protection ) act 1972 in the section of Mammals;
        • 400 avian species;
        • 5 species of deer -
          1. Swamp deer or Barasingha : it is state animal of Uttar Pradesh which has 12 number antlers including branched, lives mostly on Marsh land and belongs to the Schedule 1, in Mammals  of the Wildlife act 1972.
          2. Sambhar: the largest Indian deer has six pointed antlers. It belongs to the schedule 111 of the wildlife act 1972.
          3. Hog Deer: it is protected under the Schedule 1 of the wildlife (Protection )act 1972 in Mammals.
          4. Barking deer
          5. Spotted deer or Chital : it has beautiful white spotted bright brownish red coat and has six pronged antlers. It is protected under the Schedule 111 of the Wildlife Protection Act 1972.
        • A number of others species like wild tuskers ( elephants) , boars( pigs) , bear, and rich fauna.
      • Flora( vegetation)
        • Dense and moist deciduous forest trees like Sal, Teak and Jamun.
                                KISHANPUR WILDLIFE SANCTUARY

It is located in the Lakhimpur  Kheri district  of Uttar Pradesh 30 kilometres away from the Dudhwa National Park and is part of it (DRT). 

  • It is spread over compact area of 203 square kilometres in the Terai region forest and meadow was found in 1972.
  • It is a home of tiger, leopards, Pythons, Deer, wild boar etc that all found in the Dudhwa National Park.
  • It lies along the bank of Sharda river.
  • Agricultural land separated both Dudhawa tiger reserve and Kishanpur wildlife sanctuary in between them that made them non contiguous forest.
Why is Sharda river in news? 

It is in news because of flooding and water logging in both Dudhawa and Kishanpur sanctuary due to excess release of water from the Banbasa barrage of Uttarakhand.
It is originated from Kalapani village Kumaon region of the Himalayas in the Pithoragarh district of Uttarakhand and flows along the western border of Nepal and also called Kali river and Mahakali river which joined to the river Ghaghara, a tributary of River Ganga in Uttar Pradesh 









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