{"id":77871,"date":"2025-12-14T14:26:05","date_gmt":"2025-12-14T08:56:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=77871"},"modified":"2025-12-15T16:15:28","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T10:45:28","slug":"about-new-ramsar-sites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/about-new-ramsar-sites\/","title":{"rendered":"New Ramsar Sites"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>New Ramsar Sites<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently,<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Siliserh Lake, in Alwar, Rajasthan and Kopra Jalashay near Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh have been designated as <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/ramsar-sites-in-india\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Ramsar Sites<\/strong><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About New Ramsar Sites Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<h2><b>Siliserh lake<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Location:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is located in<\/span><b> the state of Rajasthan.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>human-made lake<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> within the buffer zone of Sariska Tiger Reserve.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was <\/span><b>built in 1845 by Maharaja Vinay Singh<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to supply drinking water to Alwar city.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is in a <\/span><b>semi-arid zone<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and the Site serves as an important water source for diverse species of the region.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Fauna<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It supports 149 bird species and 17 mammal species including the <\/span><b>vulnerable<\/b> <b>river tern<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the endangered <\/span><b>tiger<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The site also supports more that 1% of the biogeographic <\/span><b>population of black stork<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Ciconia nigra).\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Kopra Jalashay<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Location:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is located in the <\/span><b>state of Chhattisgarh.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a reservoir located in the <\/span><b>upper catchments of the River Mahanadi.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Its strong hydrological and ecological connectivity contributes to a wide variety of habitats across the area.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It supports more than <\/span><b>60 migratory<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> bird species which rely on it for nesting, feeding and as a stop-over site.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Fauna:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Notable species include the vulnerable <\/span><b>greater spotted eagle<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Aquila clanga) and the endangered <\/span><b>Egyptian vulture (<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Neophron percnopterus).\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/jaipur\/siliserh-lake-in-alwar-dist-is-indias-96th-ramsar-site\/articleshow\/125939766.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TOI<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Siliserh Lake in Rajasthan and Kopra Jalashay in Chhattisgarh have recently been designated as Ramsar Sites. 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