GOREWADA TIGER RESERVE

Gorewada Lake is situated on the north-west corner of Nagpur city. It is created with a dam 2,350 feet long. In 1912, Gorewada Lake was developed by the water works department as the primary drinking water source for Nagpur's 1.01 lakh population. Bordered by thick forest, Gorewada Lake and its surrounding is the habitat for avian species and some wild life. The government of Maharashtra has started to develop a 1914 hectare safari in the forest regions surrounding the lake. The project to create an International Standard Zoo at Gorewada, Nagpur was entrusted to the Forest Development Corporation of Maharashtra, Nagpur, Maharashtra State, India a wholly owned company of the Government of Maharashtra (GoM). The Safari Park is being developed on a Design, Build, Finance, Operate and Transfer (“DBFOT”) basis in public private partnership (“PPP”) mode. To make the Zoo Park financially viable, the State transferred additional 26 Non-Forest Land for commercial utilization.