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Sunabeda Wildlife Sanctuary - Maoist free status
February 4 , 2026
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- Sunabeda Wildlife Sanctuary is located in Odisha’s Nuapada district.
- It was recently declared Maoist-free status.
- It is also witnessing a significant rise in leopard presence.
- Officials claim that over 70 leopards may inhabit the sanctuary
- It is also a proposed tiger reserve.
- A 2016 state tiger census recorded four tigers.
- But the latest national report released in July last year found none.
- The sanctuary forms the catchment area of the Jonk River, a tributary of the Mahanadi.
- The sanctuary is also the source of the rivers of Sunder and Indra.
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