<P> Maharashtra provides legal protection to its tiger population through six dedicated tiger reserves under the precincts of the National Tiger Conservation Authority under the initiative Project Tiger . These reserves cumulatively cover an estimated area of 9,113 km which is about 3% of the total state area . </P> <P> Citing the presence of tigers in two wild - life sanctuaries, environmentalists had put forth a proposal to declare Umred Karhandla Wildlife Sanctuary and Tipeshwar Wildlife Sanctuary as tiger reserves . This would result in creation of a tiger corridor for migration of tigers between different reserves to encourage genetic dispersion . As of October 2016, this proposal has been rejected . </P>

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