🔆 Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary

📍 Key Highlights

✅ Red Panda Sighting – A Red Panda was recently captured on camera in Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (EWS), Arunachal Pradesh.

✅ Location – Situated in the Himalayan foothills of West Kameng District.

✅ Bordering Areas –
• Northeast – Sessa Orchid Sanctuary 🌿
• East – Pakhui Tiger Reserve 🐅

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🔆 Key Takeaways: Ken-Betwa Link Project (KBLP)

📍 Overview
✅ Transfers water from Ken River to Betwa River via a 221-km canal.
✅ Both rivers are Yamuna tributaries.
✅ Key component: Daudhan Dam.
✅ Proposed benefits:
- Irrigation: 10.62 lakh hectares (8.11L ha in MP, 2.51L ha in UP).
- Drinking water: 62 lakh people.
- Power generation: 103 MW (hydro) + 27 MW (solar).

📍 Phases
✅ Phase I: Construction of Daudhan Dam.
✅ Phase II: Lower Orr Dam, Bina Complex Project, Kotha Barrage.

📍 Government Investment
✅ ₹44,605 crore (approved Dec 2021, at 2020-21 prices).

📍 Geographical Impact
✅ Spans 13 districts in MP & UP.
✅ Benefits drought-prone regions like Panna, Tikamgarh, Chhatarpur, Sagar, etc.

📍 Environmental Concerns
✅ Deforestation: 9,000+ hectares submerged.
✅ Threat to Panna National Park & Tiger Reserve:
- Loss of tiger habitat.
- 2.3 million trees to be felled.
- Biodiversity at risk.

📍 Hydrological Concerns
✅ Water transfer may cause up to 12% rainfall deficit in September.

📍 Displacement Issues
✅ Villages affected:
- Chhatarpur: 5,228 families displaced.
- Panna: 1,400 families displaced.
✅ Protests over compensation & local benefits.

📌 J&K Govt to Promote Bangus Valley for Ecotourism

✅ Location: Near Line of Control (LoC) in Kupwara, North Kashmir
✅ Altitude: 10,000 feet
✅ Focus: Sustainable tourism, avoiding massive construction
✅ Initiatives:

Infrastructure Development: Recreation facilities, rain shelters, sanitation, and waste disposal
Guest Houses: Promoting local homestays for shepherds and locals
Forest Clearance Process: Land identification and approval through the Parivesh Portal

📌 INSV Tarini Sets Sail from Port Stanley (Falkland Islands for Cape Town)

✅ Mission: Part of the ‘Navika Sagar Parikrama-II’ expedition
✅ Crew: Two women Indian Navy officers –
Lieutenant Commander Dilna K.
Lieutenant Commander Roopa ✅ Current Leg: Fourth leg of global circumnavigation

Madhav National Park in Madhya Pradesh becomes India’s 58th Tiger Reserve

✅Madhav National park is situated near Shivpuri town in Madhya Pradesh. It is a part of the upper Vindhyan hills. 
✅It got the status of a National Park in 1958.
✅The Park was the hunting ground of Mughal emperors and Maharaja of Gwalior.
✅The Park is a combination of dry deciduous & dry thorn forests that make home for different varieties of antelopes like Nilgai, Chinkara and Deer.
✅The park is home to Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTG)s like Saharia.

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🔆 Tizu & Zungki Rivers: Key Facts

📍 Significance & Development
✅ Harnessing Tizu & Zungki rivers for Nagaland's development under National Waterways 101 is a government priority.

📍 Tizu River
✅ Origin: Near Longkhim, Nagaland.
✅ Flows into: Chinwin River (Ningthi River), Myanmar, a major tributary of the Irrawaddy River.

📍 Zungki River
✅ Tributary of Tizu River, located within Nagaland.

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