Indravati National Park

News: Security forces have recovered the bodies of five Maoist cadres during the ongoing anti-Naxal operations in the Indravati National Park area of Bijapur district in Chhattisgarh. Indravati National Park.

About Indravati National Park

• Location: It is a national park located in Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh state of India.
• Naming: 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.
  • Chitrakote Falls: A famous waterfall on the Indravati River (outside the park boundary, but part of the river system).
• Vegetation: Three major forest types are recognized in Indravati: Moist Mixed Deciduous Forest with Teak, Moist Mixed Deciduous Forest without Teak, and Southern Dry Mixed Deciduous Forest.
• Flora: Some common species found here are – teak, achar, karra, kullu, shisham, semal, haldu, arjun, bel, and jamun.
• Fauna: It is home to one of the last populations of rare wild buffalo. Other animals like Royal Bengal Tiger, Leopard, Indian Gaur (Bison), Sloth Bear, Dhole (Wild Dog), Nilgai, Chital, Sambar, Black Buck, Barking Deer are also found.
• Recognition: It attained the status of a national park in 1981 and a tiger reserve in 1983 under the famous Project Tiger of India.
  • It is one among the two project tiger sites in Chhattisgarh along with Udanti-sitanadi.
• Tribes: It is home to indigenous tribal communities such as the Gond and Muria tribes.