{"id":11014,"date":"2025-10-27T12:33:01","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T07:03:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=11014"},"modified":"2025-10-27T13:46:29","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T08:16:29","slug":"bhimgad-wildlife-sanctuary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/bhimgad-wildlife-sanctuary\/","title":{"rendered":"Bhimgad Wildlife Sanctuary"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Bhimgad Wildlife Sanctuary Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The forest department&#8217;s relocation drive at Bhimgad Wildlife Sanctuary (BWS) in Khanapur taluk has hit a hurdle, as residents of Amagaon village have set several conditions before agreeing to move out.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Bhimgad Wildlife Sanctuary<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It spans over the Western Ghats in the Belgaum district of <\/span><b>Karnataka<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is spread across an area of 190 sq.km.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The sanctuary has been named after the <\/span><b>Bhimgad For<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">t, <\/span><b>constructed by Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the <\/span><b>17th century <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">as a strategic outpost to <\/span><b>guard against Portuguese expansion from Goa.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It shares its <\/span><b>boundary <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">with the north of <\/span><b>Dandeli Wildlife Sanctuary,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> north-west of the <\/span><b>Bhagwan Mahaveer Sanctuary <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><b>Mollem National Park<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, north of <\/span><b><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/netravali-wildlife-sanctuary\/\" target=\"_blank\">Netravali Wildlife Sanctuary<\/a>,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and east of <\/span><b>Mhadei Wildlife Sanctuary.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BWS forms the <\/span><b>headwaters <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of a number of rivers like <\/span><b>Tillari, Malaprabha, and Mhadei <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and several perennial streams.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The sanctuary is most <\/span><b>famous for the Barapede Caves<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the <\/span><b>only known breeding ground <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of the <\/span><b>Wroughton\u2019s Free-tailed Bat, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a threatened species on the<\/span><b> verge of extinction.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Vegetation<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: The dominant vegetation of the forest comprises <\/span><b>tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Flora<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Forests are dominated by towering trees like <\/span><b>Malabar teak, rosewood,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and various species of dipterocarps<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It also hosts a number of <\/span><b>medicinal plants.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Fauna<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It provides habitat for several endangered species, such as the <\/span><b>Indian sloth bear, Indian pangolin,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the elusive black panther.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Other notable residents include the <\/span><b>Malabar giant squirrel, gaur, sambar deer, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and a plethora of bird species, including the Malabar trogon and the great Indian hornbill.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"2\">One of the unique features of Bhimgad is the presence of <b style=\"font-size: inherit;\">large, isolated rock formations<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that serve as ideal <\/span><b style=\"font-size: inherit;\">breeding grounds for the King Cobra,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the world\u2019s longest venomous snake.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/hubballi\/amagaon-villagers-set-conditions-for-relocation-from-bhimgad-wildlife-sanctuary\/articleshow\/124830956.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TOI<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bhimgad Wildlife Sanctuary spans over the Western Ghats in the Belgaum district of Karnataka. 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