{"id":105734,"date":"2026-05-29T14:49:29","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T09:19:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=105734"},"modified":"2026-05-29T15:55:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T10:25:28","slug":"bhimashankar-wildlife-sanctuary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/bhimashankar-wildlife-sanctuary\/","title":{"rendered":"Bhimashankar Wildlife Sanctuary"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Bhimashankar Wildlife Sanctuary Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the survey to estimate the population of the Indian giant squirrel has commenced in the ecologically sensitive Bhimashankar Wildlife Sanctuary in Pune district.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Bhimashankar Wildlife Sanctuary<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Location:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is located in the northern <\/span><b>part of the Western Ghats in Maharashtra<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (spread over the three districts Pune, Thane and Raigad).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is named after Lord &#8216;Bhimashankar&#8217; (one of the twelve Jyotirlingas).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was declared as a Wildlife<\/span><b> Sanctuary in 1985.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Rivers:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Two major tributaries of river Krishna namely <\/span><b>Bhima and Ghod originate from this area.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Vegetation: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Major forest types are <\/span><b>western subtropical broad leaved hill forest<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to moist deciduous types with a few included small patches of evergreen forests.<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Flora<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Sacred Groves (Deorais):<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The sanctuary has <\/span><b>14 unique sacred groves<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> protected by socio-religious rules.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It also consists of Bilschmiedia dalzellii, Mangifera indica, Olea dioica, Syzygium cumini, Carallia brachiata, Myristica malabarica, Diospyros malabarica, D. montana, D. sylvatica and Symplocos racemosa.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Fauna<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The main wild speies are <\/span><b>Giant Indian squirrel<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Ratufa indica elphinstoni), Panther (Panthera paradus), Sambar (Cervus unicolor), Mouse Deer Tragulus memina, Hyaena (Hyaena hyaena), Wild boar (Sus scrofa).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mid-day.com\/mumbai\/mumbai-news\/article\/maharashtra-survey-of-indian-giant-squirrel-underway-in-bhimashankar-wildlife-sanctuary-23632673\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Mid Day<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bhimashankar Wildlife Sanctuary is located in the northern part of the Western Ghats in Maharashtra (spread over the three districts Pune, Thane and Raigad). 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