{"id":99213,"date":"2026-04-20T14:20:53","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T08:50:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=99213"},"modified":"2026-04-20T14:33:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T09:03:40","slug":"col-sher-jung-national-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/col-sher-jung-national-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Col. Sher Jung National Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Col. Sher Jung National Park Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Himachal Pradesh High Court quashed a recent notification declaring areas of at least three grama panchayats around the Col Sher Jung National Park at Simbalbara in Sirmaur district as an Eco-Sensitive Zone (ESZ).<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Col. Sher Jung National Park<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Col. Sher Jung National Park, also known as <\/span><b>Simbalbara National Park<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, is located in the Paonta Valley of the Sirmaur (Sirmour) district in <\/span><b>Himachal Pradesh along its border with Haryana.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is<\/span><b> named after<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the famous <\/span><b>freedom fighter and ardent environmentalist Colonel Sher Jung.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The park is located in the <\/span><b>lower Shiwalik regio<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">n and <\/span><b>extends into the middle and upper Shiwaliks<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, with an elevation ranging from 350 to 700 meters above sea level.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Geographically, it is at the <\/span><b>confluence of three biogeographic regions<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: the <\/span><b>Himalayas<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/indo-gangetic-plains\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Gangetic plain<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and the <\/span><b>semi-arid region.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It <\/span><b>touches Kalesar National Park of Haryana <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to its <\/span><b>south <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and west.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The<\/span><b> Simbalbara River<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> flows through Simbalbara National Park and is a lifeline for the park\u2019s plants and animals.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Vegetation<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: It is characterized by its <\/span><b>dense Sal forests with grassy glades.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Flora<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Sal <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Shorea robusta) and <\/span><b>Terminalia tomentosa<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are the <\/span><b>principal species <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">that form the top canopy here.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the <\/span><b>riverine side<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>Jamun <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Syzygium cumini), Cassia siamea, and <\/span><b>Eucalyptus <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">are present.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Fauna<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some key species include<\/span><b> Nilgai, Sambar deer, spotted deer,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> wild boar, goral, barking deer, and Rhesus macaque.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The park also serves as a significant bird habitat, home to species like the <\/span><b>Indian roller, dollar bird, kingfishers<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and three types of hornbills.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Predatory birds<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> such as the <\/span><b>crested serpent eagle and Brahminy kite <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">also inhabit this area.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/cities\/chandigarh\/big-relief-for-sirmaur-panchayats-as-himachal-hc-quashes-eco-sensitive-zone-around-simbalbara-national-park-10643246\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>IE<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Col. Sher Jung National Park is located in the Paonta Valley of the Sirmaur (Sirmour) district in Himachal Pradesh along its border with Haryana. Read more about Col. Sher Jung National Park, Location, Vegetation, Fauna, Latest News.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":99195,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[6976,21,22,23],"class_list":{"0":"post-99213","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"tag-col-sher-jung-national-park","9":"tag-prelims-pointers","10":"tag-upsc-current-affairs","11":"tag-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","12":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99213","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99213"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99213\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":99248,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99213\/revisions\/99248"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/99195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}