BAND BARETHA WILDLIFFE SANCTUARY
- February 3, 2021
- Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
- Category: DPN Topics
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BAND BARETHA WILDLIFFE SANCTUARY
Subject : Environment
Context : The standing committee of the Rajasthan wildlife board, headed by Chief Minister , cleared a proposal to shift Bharatpur’s Bandh Baretha wildlife sanctuary “southwestward” to exclude three forest blocks “damaged irreparably” by “rampant mining”.
Concept :
- Band Baretha Wildlife Sanctuary is an old wildlife reserve of the rulers of bharatpur.
- In 1866 , Maharaja Jaswant singh started constructing a dam on kakund river which was completed by maharaja ram singh in 1897.
- About 200 sq.kms around the dam was declared as wildlife sanctuary in 1985.
- Wildlife Sanctuary is a bird watcher’s paradise because of over 200 species of birds , including the elusive Black Britten.
- It also has wild animals like Nilgai , Leopard , wolf , brock , wildboar , chital etc.