The Mukundara Hills Tiger Reserve is spread across four districts-Kota, Bundi, Chittorgarh, and Jhalawar-covering an area of 759 sq km. It is the exaggeration of a core area of 417 sq km and a buffer zone covering 342.82 sq km. The new tiger reserve, located mainly in Rajasthan's Hadoti region, was notified by the state government. The reserve, expected to ease the big cat population pressure in Ranthambhore, will cover the existing Darrah, Jawahar Sagar, and Chambal wildlife sanctuaries. After Ranthambhore and Sariska, Rajasthan will now be home to a third big cat habitat-the Mukundara Hills Tiger Reserve. Earlier last month, union minister of environment and forests Jayanti Natarajan had informed the Lok Sabha that the NTCA had given in-principle approval to five new tiger reserves-Pilibhit (Uttar Pradesh), Ratapani (Madhya Pradesh), Sunabeda (Odisha), Mukundara Hills (Rajasthan) and Satyamangalam (Tamil Nadu). State governments are authorized, on the recommendations
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