{"id":30489,"date":"2025-10-02T09:32:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T04:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=30489"},"modified":"2025-10-03T11:44:19","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T06:14:19","slug":"bhagwan-mahaveer-wildlife-sanctuary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/bhagwan-mahaveer-wildlife-sanctuary\/","title":{"rendered":"Bhagwan Mahavir Wildlife Sanctuary"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Bhagwan Mahaveer Wildlife Sanctuary Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Goa\u2019s State Board for Wildlife recently recommended that the proposal for wildlife clearance for iron ore handling at Kalem railway station in Bhagwan Mahaveer Wildlife Sanctuary and National Park be placed before the National Board for Wildlife (NBWL) for their \u201cconsideration\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Bhagwan Mahaveer 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 on the <\/span><b>eastern border<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the state of <\/span><b>Goa<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, near the village of Mollem.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Set amidst the<\/span><b> foothills of the Western Ghats, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">it covers an area of<\/span><b> 240 sq. km, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">out of which <\/span><b>170 sq.km<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. is <\/span><b>dedicated to the Mollem National Park<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> built at the core of the sanctuary.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Originally known as<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the <\/span><b>Mollem Game Sanctuar<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">y, it was declared a wildlife sanctuary in 1969 and then renamed the Bhagwan Mahavir Wildlife Sanctuary.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is also home to the famous <\/span><b>Dudhsagar waterfall,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the <\/span><b>Devil\u2019s Canyon,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the <\/span><b>Tambdi Surla temple<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the <\/span><b>Tambdi falls<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and a number of other historic and religious sites.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Vegetation<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><b>West Coast tropical evergreen forests, West Coast semi-evergreen forests<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and<\/span><b> moist deciduou<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">s forests.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Flora<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span><b> Teak, bamboo, cashew, and eucalyptus <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">trees dominate the landscape.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Fauna<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The sanctuary is particularly known for its <\/span><b>Leopards, Elephants, Deers &amp; Gaur,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or Indian Bison.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The chief attraction of the sanctuary is the <\/span><b>King Cobra,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which is found here in abundance.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\">It is home to around 200 species of various types of birds, like the <b style=\"font-size: inherit;\">Malabar pied hornbill, Indian black woodpecker, great Indian hornbill<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, kingfishers, paradise flycatcher, shrikes, grey jungle fowl, etc.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/india\/iron-ore-handling-in-goa-wildlife-sanctuary-state-wildlife-board-recommends-placing-proposal-before-national-board-10281071\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">IE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bhagwan Mahaveer Wildlife Sanctuary is located on the eastern border of the state of Goa, near the village of Mollem. 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