{"id":12678,"date":"2025-10-30T11:53:30","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T06:23:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=12678"},"modified":"2025-10-30T13:20:00","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T07:50:00","slug":"hastinapur-wildlife-sanctuary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/hastinapur-wildlife-sanctuary\/","title":{"rendered":"Hastinapur Wildlife Sanctuary"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Hastinapur Wildlife Sanctuary Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A forest department team has recently arrested four members of a gang allegedly involved in the illegal felling of khair trees in the Hastinapur Wildlife Sanctuary area.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Hastinapur Wildlife Sanctuary<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is located in the Meerut District of <\/span><b>Uttar Pradesh.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Established in 1986, it lies alongside the<\/span><b> northern tip of the River Ganga, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">flowing through the districts of Muzaffarnagar and Bijnor.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is situated near the <\/span><b>mediaeval town of Hastinapur, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">which is of cultural importance.\u00a0<\/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 2073 sq.km.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is made up of a variety of environments, including <\/span><b>marshes, grasslands, woodlands,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and r<\/span><b>iverine ecosystems.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>Ganges River and its tributaries flow through the sanctuary,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> contributing to its rich biodiversity.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Vegetation<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: The vegetation can be classified into <\/span><b>tall wet grasslands, dry short grasslands, scrubs, and plantations.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Flora<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Dominated by <\/span><b>Sal <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Shorea robusta), <\/span><b>Sheesham <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Dalbergia sissoo), <\/span><b>Khair <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Acacia catechu), and Jamun (Syzygium cumini) trees.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Fauna<\/strong>:\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is home to the <\/span><b>state animal, the Swamp Deer (Barasingha)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, as well as <\/span><b>Hog Deer, Cheetal, Sambar, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and the State Bird, the Saaras (Crane).\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>part of the \u201cAsia Flyway\u201d project, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and many <\/span><b>migratory birds,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> both local and foreign, flock in numbers near the numerous water bodies present in the region.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Under<\/span><b> Crocodile Breeding Projects, b<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">aby crocodiles are released in the Ganga River near Hastinapur.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b style=\"font-size: inherit;\">Under the aegis of the World Wide Fund (WWF), the Turtle Rehabilitation Program <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">also has its centre near the Hastinapur Sanctuary.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/theprint.in\/india\/four-arrested-for-illegal-felling-of-trees-in-wildlife-sanctuary-in-up\/2772420\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TP<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hastinapur Wildlife Sanctuary is located in the Meerut District of Uttar Pradesh. 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