BAND BARETHA WILDLIFFE SANCTUARY

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.