Current Affairs - State - Discussion

The Male Mahadeshwara Hills (MM Hills) Wildlife Sanctuary is situated in Karnataka's Chamarajanagar district, bordering Tamil Nadu. Declared a sanctuary in 2013, it forms a crucial tiger corridor connecting Karnataka's BRT Tiger Reserve and Tamil Nadu's Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve. Karnataka, which has India's second-highest tiger population (563), may get its third tiger reserve if MM Hills is upgraded. The sanctuary's diverse ecosystems support tigers, elephants and indigenous Soliga communities, though recent tiger deaths highlight growing human-wildlife conflicts in this ecologically sensitive zone bordering two states.