{"id":131395,"date":"2026-10-31T13:07:38","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T07:37:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=131395"},"modified":"2026-10-31T13:14:21","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T07:44:21","slug":"bhimbandha-wildlife-sanctuary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/bhimbandha-wildlife-sanctuary\/","title":{"rendered":"Bhimbandh Wildlife Sanctuary: Bihar Proposes \u20b962.87 Crore Tourism Project Amid Legal Restrictions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Bhimbandh Wildlife Sanctuary<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is located in the<\/span><b> state of Bihar.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><b>Bhimbandh Wildlife Sanctuary Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the Bihar government has floated a tender for constructing sprawling tourism facilities inside Bhimbandh Wildlife Sanctuary despite statutory restrictions and a Supreme Court order restraining construction in protected areas.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Bhimbandh Wildlife Sanctuary<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Location: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is located in the<\/span><b> state of Bihar.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is situated in the <\/span><b>south of the Ganges river<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, at the <\/span><b>northern edge<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/upsc-exam\/chota-nagpur-plateau\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Chota Nagpur Plateau<\/b><\/a><\/span><b>.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is sustained by the drainage network of the <\/span><b>Ganga, Gandak, Kosi, and Son River Systems.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It spans roughly 682 sq km in <\/span><b>Bihar\u2019s Kharagpur Hills.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is known for its <\/span><b>natural hot springs. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Vegetation:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">predominantly has <\/span><b>Northern Tropical Moist Deciduous Sal.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Flora:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It mainly consists of Shorea robusta (Sal), Terminalia tomentosa, Adina cordifolia, Syzygium cumini, aquatic macrophytes<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Fauna:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is home to leopard, sloth bear, hyena, wolf, large Indian civet and barking deer.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/india\/bihar-tourism-project-bhimbandh-wildlife-sanctuary-10944176\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">IE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Bihar Forest Department has proposed a \u20b962.87 crore tourism development project inside Bhimbandh Wildlife Sanctuary, spanning 12.9 acres and including cottages, tree houses and a helipad. The tender has raised questions about wildlife clearances and Supreme Court restrictions on construction within protected areas. Located in Bihar&#8217;s Kharagpur Hills, the sanctuary covers approximately 682 sq km and is known for its natural hot springs and diverse wildlife.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":131341,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[11251],"class_list":["post-131395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","tag-bhimbandh-wildlife-sanctuary","no-featured-image-padding"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131395","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\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131395"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131395\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":131412,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131395\/revisions\/131412"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/131341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}