ONL Bureau: Odisha government has declared Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR) in Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district as a National Park.The Forest, Environment and Climate Change Department issued a notification in this regard.The STR is spread over 2,306.61 sq km area. Out of this, an area of 845.70 sq km has been declared as the National Park.The core area of Similipal, spread over 1,194.75 sq km area, had six villages. The district administration in Mayurbhanj has relocated the villages and declared 845.70 sq km area as free from human habitations.
Similipal is well-known across the Globe for its melanistic or black tiger population & this is the second National Park in Odisha and 107th in India. Bhitarkanika in Kendrapara district had been declared as a National Park in 1998.Besides, one can find 104 species of orchid, around 360 species of birds and diverse species of mammals at Similipal. Similipal was declared as a National Park after receiving an approval in this regard from Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi said the Forest Department.
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