National Parks See Trip Reports Bandhavgarh National Park Bandipur National Park Corbett National Park Dachigam National Park Gir Forest National Park Kanha National Park Kaziranga National Park Manas National Park Nagarhole National Park Periyar National Park(Thekkady) Ranthambore National Park Sariska Forest Reserve Sunderban National Industrial development vs National Park Corporates and Wildlife Bird Sanctuaries See Trip Reports Ranganthittu Bird Sanctuary - KARNATAKA Keoladeo Ghana Sanctuary (Bharatpur) Nalaban Island, Chilika Lake, Orissa Thattekad Bird Sanctuary Okhla Bird Park and Wildlife Sanctuary Sultanpur Bird Sanctuary Harike Bird Sanctuary Lake City, Kolkata - Urban Wetlands National Chambal Sanctuary The Point Calimere Wildlife Sanctuary Santragachi Jheel Assan Barrage Bird Sanctuary Vedanthangal Water Birds Sanctuary (Tamil Nadu) Manjira Bird Sanctuary Neelapattu Bird Sanctuary Pulicat Lake Nal Sarovar Bird Sanctuary Little Known Destinations See Trip Reports Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary Dandeli Wildlife Sanctuary Kabini, Karnataka Bhimeshwari Bhadra Sanctuary Biligiri Rangana Hills Little Rann of Kutch Netarhat, Bihar Cheerapunji Desert National Park. Rajasthan Eravikulam National Park, Kerala Pindari Glacier, Uttar Pradesh Trekking On The Trans Himalayan Routes Bhitarkanika, Orissa

Industrial Development vs National Parks ACC is building a $40 million cement plant on the boundary of Balpakaram National Park in Meghalaya that will block routes used by elephants. In Madhya Pradesh, The Sanjay Gandhi Thermal Power Station is slated to come up 30 km from the Bandavgarh National Park. In the Nilgiri Hills, The Pykara hydro-electric project is likely to harm three sanctuaries including the Bandipur Tiger Reserve. Kudremukh Iron Ore Mining Company plans to conduct mining operations in Bhadra Wildlife Sanctuary and Kudremukh National Park. In Maharashtra the state government has denotified a 500 km zone around the Melghat tiger reserve. Tiger Reserve Threats Corbett Roads provide access to ivory poachers Sariska Mining Ranthambhore Road construction in the periphery Panna Mining Melghat Upper Tapi stage II hydro electric project and Chikaldhara pumped storage project Bhadra Mining and Silver valley projects Periyar Denotification for roads and pilgrimage Bandipur Roads and tourism Nagarjunasagar Uranium mining and proposed nuclear reactor Tadoba Coal mining and roads Indravati Dams, mining and timber felling Palamau Kotku dam, coal mines and roads Simlipal Bauxite lignite mining Sunderbans Massive international steamer channel to Bangladesh Dampa Roads, timber felling and insurgency Buxa Dolomite mining and orchards Manas New roads Namdaph New access to timber poachers and mines Valmiki Bihar-Chitwan road, rail bridge and embankments Bandhavgarh Thermal Power projects and mining