Hastinapur Wildlife Sanctuary
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| Location | Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Nearest city | Meerut (35 km) & Delhi (96 km) |
| Coordinates | 29°10′N 78°06′E / 29.167°N 78.100°E |
| Area | 2073 km2 |
| Established | 1986 |
Hastinapur Wildlife Sanctuary is a protected area in the
Geography
Hastinapur Wildlife Sanctuary lies on the western bank of the
The sanctuary is named for the ancient city of Hastinapur, which lies on west bank of the Boodhi Ganga.
Wildlife
Between 2009 and 2012, 494 gharials were released in the sanctuary.[1]
Among the 117 bird species recorded are
Save Sanctuary Movement
25 years ago it was notified as
Industrial activities are generating air, water and noise pollution in the sanctuary, stone crushers, sugar mill, organics, paper mill, chemical industries, cotton mill, fiber unit, automobiles, rubber industries, brick bhattas and others polluted units are violating the acts openly. Large numbers are decreasing of wildlife as swamp deer, the Ganges dolphin, skimmer, leopard, crocodile and other IUCN Red Listed species because natural habitat damaged of indigenous species and those hunting.
To make a proper sanctuary, Greenman Vijaypal Baghel an environmental activist is fighting against hunting, illegal encroaching, tree cutting, sand mining, biodiversity destroying, violating of Wildlife Protection Act and other related guidelines since 2001. Paryawaran Sachetak Samiti and WWF have organized many activities to protect Hastinapur Wildlife Sanctuary.
Dr. Ravindra Shukla is an advocate, environmentalist, and animal rights activist, working with Smt. Meneka Sanjay Gandhi's organisation PFA for ten years to protect the sanctuary. He had lodged many FIR against animal smugglers, mining mafias, and wildlife smugglers. He is fighting against corrupt officials.
Reduction of the sanctuary's size
Hastinapur Wildlife Sanctuary occupies an extremely large area spreading on both sides of river Ganga. Wildlife Institute of India (WII) officials say that the sanctuary should be reduced to half of its present area (1094 km2). They are saying so because the sanctuary comprises many agricultural fields that need to be excluded are the earliest, however many Wildlife activists feel that this is not good for the sanctuary and say that the agricultural part should be added in the buffer zone of the sanctuary and not be cut out of the sanctuary because if that is done, farmers will sell their lands to builders and then a town will be made outside the forest. Vijay Pal Baghel, who is popularly known as the green man of India said" For the past decade, the government has been trying to erase the sanctuary and when they couldn't do it, they will drastically reduce its size."[6]
Location
By air
The nearest airport is Delhi, which is around 110 km away.
By rail
Nearest railhead is Meerut, which is 40 km from the sanctuary.
By bus
Hastinapur on National Highway No. 119 Delhi-Meerut-Pauri and is connected by road to all parts of the state.
See also
- Haiderpur Wetland
- Wild life Sanctuaries in Uttar Pradesh
References
- ^ a b c Yadav, S. K.; Nawab, A.; Afifullah Khan, A. (2013). "Conserving the Critically Endangered Gharial Gavialis gangeticus in Hastinapur Wildlife Sanctuary, Uttar Pradesh: Promoting better coexistence for conservation". World Crocodile Conference. Proceedings of the 22nd Working Meeting of the IUCN-SSC Crocodile Specialist Group (PDF). Gland: IUCN Crocodile Specialist Group. pp. 78−82.
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- ^ "Hastinapur wildlife sanctuary set to lose half of its area | Meerut News - Times of India". The Times of India.
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- ^ "Hastinapur Wildlife Sanctuary". Wildlife in India Foundation. 2020.
- ^ "Hastinapur wildlife sanctuary set to lose half of its area | Meerut News - Times of India". The Times of India.
External links
- "Hastinapur sanctuary", The Hindu
- "Hastinapur Sanctuary", indiaplaces.com