{"id":23235,"date":"2026-08-09T14:00:22","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T08:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=23235"},"modified":"2026-08-10T17:44:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T12:14:13","slug":"sonai-rupai-wildlife-sanctuary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/sonai-rupai-wildlife-sanctuary\/","title":{"rendered":"Sonai Rupai Wildlife Sanctuary"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Sonai Rupai Wildlife Sanctuary Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Assam Finance Minister recently inaugurated the newly constructed Kalamati Wildlife Range Office at Sonai Rupai Wildlife Sanctuary in Sonitpur.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Sonai Rupai 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 a protected area located in the northwestern area of the Sonitpur district of <\/span><b>Assam<\/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;\">Spread over an area of 220 sq.km., the core area covers 175 sq.km., extending over the <\/span><b>foothills of the Himalayan range.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Climate<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: The sanctuary experiences a <\/span><b>subtropical type of climate<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with <\/span><b>hot and humid summers<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, with <\/span><b>heavy summer rains<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> often causing floods and river overflows.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>Burhidihing River<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> traces its course through the sanctuary.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>Namchang River<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <strong>f<\/strong><\/span><b>lowing from the state of Arunachal Pradesh<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, enters this region and<strong> j<\/strong><\/span><b>oins the Burhidihing River.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Flora<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: It mostly comprises <\/span><b><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/tropical-evergreen-forests\/\" target=\"_blank\">evergreen forest<\/a>.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> However, <\/span><b>grasslands <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">are also common in this region.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Fauna<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The main attractions of the sanctuary are <\/span><b>Elephant and Indian bison.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The other animals found in the sanctuary are deer, one-horned rhinoceros, leopard, tiger and some rare species of cats.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Avifauna includes endangered species like White Winged Wood Duck. Other birds commonly found here are Woodpecker, Hill Myna, Indian Roller, Nightjar, Horned Owl, etc.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>News: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatodayne.in\/assam\/story\/assam-finance-minister-inaugurates-new-kalamati-wildlife-range-office-at-sonai-rupai-wildlife-sanctuary-1435116-2026-08-08\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><b>IT<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sonai Rupai Wildlife Sanctuary is a protected area located in the northwestern area of the Sonitpur district of Assam. 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