Bandipur is eco-sensitive zone now

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The Bandipur National Park has become the first tiger reserve in the country to be declared an eco-sensitive zone (ESZ).

A notification in the regard was issued by Union Ministry for Environment and Forests (MoEF), which said a geographical area of 479.18 sqkm outside the Bandipur protected area, which includes 123 villages falling under Gundlupet, Chamaraj­anagar, Nanjangud and H.D. Kote taluks, are declared as ESZ, besides the notified forest areas in the region.