{"id":55901,"date":"2025-12-03T11:00:37","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T05:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=55901"},"modified":"2025-12-03T13:16:50","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T07:46:50","slug":"bitra-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/bitra-island\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitra Island"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Bitra Island Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Chief of Staff of the Southern Naval Command recently said the Navy is setting up a detachment in Bitra Island, which &#8220;is more or less completed&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Bitra Island<\/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 northern region of <\/span><b>Lakshadweep<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the<\/span><b> Arabian Sea.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the <\/span><b>smallest inhabited island in the territory.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has a land area of 0.105 sq.km.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has a length of 0.57 km and a width of 0.28 km at the broadest point.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Though the land area is small, its lagoon area is 45.61 sq.km.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is a small <\/span><b>shrine of Malik Mulla<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, an o<\/span><b>ld Arab saint <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">who is said to have been <\/span><b>buried here<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The shrine is a <\/span><b>place of pilgrimage<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for the people of other islands.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As per the 2011 census, the <\/span><b>population <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of Bitra Island is <\/span><b>271<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Climate<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The climate of Bitra is <\/span><b>similar to<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the climatic conditions of <\/span><b>Kerala<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. March to May is the hottest period of the year.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The temperature ranges from 25\u00b0C to 35\u00b0C, and humidity ranges from 70 to 76 percent for most of the year.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It used to be covered by thick shrubs and <\/span><b>was the breeding ground for seabirds. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the <\/span><b>early 19th century<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the <\/span><b>birds left the place due to human interference.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>strategically important <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to India, as it lies in a key position in the Arabian Sea.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\">Bitra would become the <b style=\"font-size: inherit;\">third island in the archipelago with a defence establishment \u2013 two Indian naval bases <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the archipelago are <\/span><b style=\"font-size: inherit;\">INS Dweeprakshak in Kavaratti,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the <\/span><b style=\"font-size: inherit;\">capital of the UT, and INS Jatayu in Minicoy.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newindianexpress.com\/nation\/2025\/Dec\/02\/navy-to-ramp-up-its-presence-in-lakshadweep-bitra-detachment-to-be-ready-next-year-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NIE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bitra Island is located in the northern region of Lakshadweep in the Arabian Sea. 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