{"id":132353,"date":"2026-11-12T10:57:01","date_gmt":"2026-11-12T05:27:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=132353"},"modified":"2026-11-12T10:57:01","modified_gmt":"2026-11-12T05:27:01","slug":"bherjan-borajan-padumoni-wildlife-sanctuary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/bherjan-borajan-padumoni-wildlife-sanctuary\/","title":{"rendered":"Bherjan-Borajan-Padumoni Wildlife Sanctuary"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Bherjan-Borajan-Padumoni Wildlife Sanctuary Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Centre has proposed declaring a uniform one-kilometre area around the Bherjan-Borajan-Padumoni Wildlife Sanctuary in Assam&#8217;s Tinsukia district as an Eco-Sensitive Zone (ESZ).<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Bherjan-Borajan-Padumoni Wildlife Sanctuary<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a protected area situated in the Tinsukia district in the <\/span><b>eastern part of Assam.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a small sanctuary covering an area of 7.22 sq.km.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Established in 1999, it is part of the <\/span><b>Indo-Chinese tropical moist forest biome.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It comprises<\/span><b> three separate forest blocks<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> named <\/span><b>Bherjan, Borajan, and Padumoni.\u00a0<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The three areas are disjunct and s<\/span><b>eparated by tea gardens and human habitations<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These are entirely on the <\/span><b>flat plains of the Brahmputra Valley.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The terrain is mostly flat with some scattered hillocks.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The sanctuary enjoys the typical <\/span><b>humid subtropical climate<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the Northeast Indian region, receiving heavy rainfall, which significantly influences its dense vegetation growth.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Flora<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: The vegetation of the sanctuary is almost <\/span><b>tropical wet evergreen rainforest.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Fauna<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It holds the <\/span><b>highest concentration of primates on the Indian subcontinent, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">including <\/span><b>hoolock gibbons<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (<\/span><b>only species of apes found in India<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">), <\/span><b>langurs<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and macaques.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The sanctuary also hosts mammals such as <\/span><b>leopards, wild pigs,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>giant flying squirrels.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are more than <\/span><b>84 species of birds, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">including <\/span><b>Osprey, Indian Pied Hornbill, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kingfisher, Woodpecker, Lined Barbet, Common Myna, Drongo, Bulbul, Magpie Robin, Wagtail, and many more varieties of woodland birds. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>News: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/assamtribune.com\/assam\/centre-proposes-1-km-esz-around-tinsukias-bherjan-borajan-padumoni-sanctuary-1622113\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><b>AT<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bherjan-Borajan-Padumoni Wildlife Sanctuary is a protected area situated in the Tinsukia district in the eastern part of Assam. 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