{"id":67290,"date":"2025-10-08T13:15:51","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T07:45:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=67290"},"modified":"2025-10-08T14:23:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T08:53:16","slug":"nangal-wildlife-sanctuary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/nangal-wildlife-sanctuary\/","title":{"rendered":"Nangal Wildlife Sanctuary"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Nangal Wildlife Sanctuary Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About 100 wild boars were found dead in Nangal Wildlife Sanctuary in March this year, and the postmortem report of the dead wild boars indicates that the wild boars might have died due to toxic waste in Nangal Lake, which is part of the sanctuary. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Nangal 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 <\/span><b>foothills of the Shivalik<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Hills in the Rupnagar district, in the state of <\/span><b>Punjab<\/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;\">Established as a sanctuary in 2009, it was designated a <\/span><b>Ramsar site<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in 2019.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It spans an area of 116 hectares and forms a <\/span><b>part of the larger Nangal Wetland,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> situated on the <\/span><b>banks of the Sutlej <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">River.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It <\/span><b>occupies a human-made reservoir constructed as part of <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/bhakra-dam\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Bhakra-Nangal Project<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in 1961.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The site is of historic importance, as the<\/span><b> Indian and Chinese Prime Ministers formalized the \u201cFive Principles of Peaceful Coexistence\u201d there in 1954.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It supports rich biodiversity, including over <\/span><b>150 bird species<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and several threatened animals such as the<\/span><b> Indian pangolin, Egyptian vulture, and leopards.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\">This sanctuary is a <b style=\"font-size: inherit;\">crucial migratory stopover for many bird species<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, particularly <\/span><b style=\"font-size: inherit;\">waterfowl<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tribuneindia.com\/news\/punjab\/industrial-waste-likely-killed-100-wild-boars-in-nangal-wildlife-sanctuary-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TRIB<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nangal Wildlife Sanctuary is a protected area located in the foothills of the Shivalik Hills in the Rupnagar district, in the state of Punjab. 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