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Achanakmar Tiger Reserve
Achanakmar Tiger Reserve located in Mungeli district of Chhattisgarh has been closed for the tourists. People will no longer be able to do safari here in the core area for 3 months. Generally people like to roam in the core area only. At present, like every year, this year also it has been closed during monsoon.
This process of closing the gates of the Tiger Reserve is done every year during the monsoon season. Monsoon is considered as the breeding season for wild animals. In such a situation, the safari inside the forest is stopped keeping in view that there is no problem for the wild animals during this time.
Satyadev Sharma, deputy director of ATR, said that from the evening of June 30, the safari in the core area has been closed. Which will remain closed till 30 September. After which the safari of the core area will be started again for tourists from October 1. However, during this time the buffer area safari will continue as before.
Tiger Reserve was created in 2009
Achanakmar Sanctuary was established in 1975. In 2007 it was declared a biosphere and in 2009 Achanakmar Sanctuary was declared as a Tiger Reserve area due to the increasing number of tigers. Achanakmar Tiger Reserve is counted among 39 tiger reserves of the country. There are a large number of wild animals including tiger, leopard, gaur, flying squirrel, wild boar, bison, deer, bear, hyena, jackal, four-horned antelope, chinkara. Not only this, the Achanakmar Tiger Reserve is spread over an area of 553.286 square kilometers on the Maikal mountain range. where biodiversity is found. More than 200 different species of birds are also found here.