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Source- This post on the Biligiri Rangaswamy Temple (BRT) Tiger Reserve has been created based on the article “BR Hills-bound vehicles to pay token green tax” published in “Economic Times” on 10 July 2024.
Why in the news?
The Karnataka Forest Department has recently started collecting a green tax from vehicles entering BR Hills through BRT Tiger Reserve.
About Biligiri Rangaswamy Temple (BRT) Tiger Reserve
| Aspects | Description |
| About | The BRT Tiger Reserve is located in the Chamarajanagar district of Karnataka State. The reserve is named after the “Biligiri,” a white rocky cliff that has a temple of Lord Vishnu, locally known as Rangaswamy. The BRT Wildlife Sanctuary was declared a Tiger Reserve in 2011. |
| Gographical Location | This unique bio-geographical entity is situated between the Western Ghats and the Eastern Ghats in South India. It was established as a Wildlife Sanctuary in 1974. |
| Vegetation | The forests are mainly of the dry deciduous type. They are interspersed with moist deciduous, semi-evergreen, evergreen, and shola patches at varying altitudes. |
| Flora | Major species include Anogeissus latifolia, Dalbergia paniculata, Grewia teliaefolia, Terminalia alata, Terminalia bellirica, and Terminalia paniculata. |
| Fauna | The Tiger Reserve is home to a variety of animals including tigers, elephants, leopards, wild dogs, bisons, sambars, spotted deer, barking deer, four-horned antelopes, sloth bears, wild boars, common langurs, bonnet macaques, and various reptiles and birds. |
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