Buxa Tiger Reserve

Why in news?

• A Royal Bengal Tiger has been spotted in Buxa tiger reserve in Alipurduar, North Bengal, after at least 23 years.

About Buxa Tiger Reserve:

• Buxa Tiger Reserve (BTR) is a tiger reserve in northern West Bengal.
• In altitude, it ranges from 60 m in the Gangetic Plains to 1,750 m bordering the Himalayas in the north.
• Its northern boundary runs along the international border with Bhutan.
• The Sinchula hill range lies all along the northern side of BTR and the eastern boundary touches that of the Assam state.
• It is the easternmost extension of extreme bio-diverse North-East India and represents highly endemic Indo-Malayan region.
• The fragile “Terai Eco-System” constitutes a part of this reserve.
• The Phibsoo Wildlife Sanctuary of Bhutan is contiguous to the north of BTR.
• It serves as an international corridor for Asian elephant migration between India and Bhutan.

PRELIMS QUESTION

Consider the following pairs:

Tiger reserves           :    State

1.Buxa                             : Maharashtra

2. Guru Ghasidas          : Chhattisgarh

3. Ramgarh Vishdhari : Rajasthan

Which of the pairs given above is/are correct?

(a) 1 and 2 only

(b) 3 only

(c) 2 and 3 only

(d) 1,2 and 3

Answer