Rajahmundry, Oct. 14: The Centre is planning to develop the Papikonda wildlife sanctuary into a national park. The sanctuary is around 591 sq kms area and is spread over in East Godavari, West Godavari and Khammam districts. The forest authorities have recently carried out a survey to identify the thick forest areas adjoining the sanctuary limits and identified nearly 283 sq km.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/papikonda-become-national-park
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/deccan-chronicle-hyderabad
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/national-parks
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/papikonda-sa
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/andhra-pradesh
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/east-godavari
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/khammam-d
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/west-godavari
