{"id":12434,"date":"2025-05-06T08:02:43","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T02:32:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=12434"},"modified":"2025-05-27T11:13:21","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T05:43:21","slug":"sanjay-gandhi-national-park-sgnp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/sanjay-gandhi-national-park-sgnp\/","title":{"rendered":"Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Sanjay Gandhi National Park Latest News<\/h2>\n<p>A recent census reveals at least 54 leopards in Sanjay Gandhi National Park, highlighting coexistence of wildlife amid urbanization and conservation efforts.<\/p>\n<h2>About Sanjay Gandhi National Park<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a large protected area near Borivali in the\u00a0<strong>northern part of Mumbai.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It is situated partly in Thane District and in Mumbai Suburban District of\u00a0<strong>Maharashtra<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>In the early days<\/strong>, the park was\u00a0<strong>known as Krishnagiri National Park.<\/strong>\u00a0However, in 1974 the name of this park was changed to &#8216;<strong>Borivali National Park&#8217;<\/strong>\u00a0and in 1981 to &#8216;Sanjay Gandhi National Park&#8217; to pay tribute to late Indian leader Sanjay Gandhi.<\/li>\n<li>It covers an expansive area of 103 sq.km., making it\u00a0<strong>one of the largest parks<\/strong>\u00a0in the world located\u00a0<strong>within city limits.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The<strong>\u00a0Kanheri caves<\/strong>, which are located within the park, were carved out\u00a0<strong>by Buddhist monks<\/strong>\u00a0between the\u00a0<strong>1st century CE and 10th century CE.<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>The caves served as monasteries, temples, schools, and living quarters for the monks.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>They also contain some of the finest examples of\u00a0<strong>Buddhist art and architecture<\/strong>\u00a0in India.<\/li>\n<li>They were<strong>\u00a0chiseled out of a massive basaltic rock outcropping.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Besides, the park also has\u00a0<strong>two artificial lakes,<\/strong>\u00a0namely\u00a0<strong>Tulsi Lake and Vihar Lake.\u00a0<\/strong>The two lakes together\u00a0<strong>supply\u00a0<\/strong>a significant amount of<strong>\u00a0water to South Mumbai.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Flora<\/strong>:\u00a0<strong>Kadamba, Teak, Karanj, Shisham,<\/strong>\u00a0and species of acacia, Ziziphus, euphorbias, etc are found in this National Park.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fauna<\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Leopard, sambar, chital, barking deer,<\/strong>\u00a0rusty spotted cat, hyena, common palm civet, small Indian civet, Indian crested porcupine, Indian hare, Indian flying fox, common langur, and bonnet macaque.<\/li>\n<li>The park also boasts 251 species of birds and a large variety of butterflies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Sanjay Gandhi National Park FAQs<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q1.<\/strong>\u00a0Where is Sanjay Gandhi National Park located?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans.<\/strong>\u00a0It is situated partly in Thane District and in Mumbai Suburban District of Maharashtra.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q2.<\/strong>\u00a0Which ancient site is located within the boundaries of Sanjay Gandhi National Park?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans.<\/strong>\u00a0Kanheri Caves<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q3.<\/strong>\u00a0What is the total area covered by SGNP?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans.<\/strong>\u00a0It covers an expansive area of 103 sq.km., making it one of the largest parks in the world located within city limits.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/cities\/mumbai-news\/54-leopards-well-and-thriving-in-national-park-census-101746385152180.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">HT<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Explore Sanjay Gandhi National Park, a vast protected area in Borivali, North Mumbai, known for its rich biodiversity, lush greenery, and historical attractions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":47291,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[21,412,23],"class_list":{"0":"post-12434","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"tag-prelims-pointers","9":"tag-sanjay-gandhi-national-park","10":"tag-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","11":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12434","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12434"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12434\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47291"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}