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Komal gupta

02/02/22 17:40 PM IST

Source: PIB

World Wetlands Day

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World Wetlands Day celebrated at Sultanpur National Park.

About Bakhira Wildlife Sanctuary:

  • It is a natural flood plain wetland situated in Sant Kabir Nagar District of UP.
  • It was established in 1980.
  • Expanding over an area of 29 sq. km, the Bakhira Wildlife Sanctuary provides wintering and staging grounds for a number of waterfowls and a breeding ground for resident birds.

About Khijadiya Wildlife Sanctuary:

  • Khijadiya, which is part of the Central Asian Flyway, has become the fourth wetland of Gujarat to get the Ramsar tag. 
  • It is a freshwater wetland near the coast of the Gulf of Kutch, which was formed following the creation of a bund (dike) in 1920 by the then ruler of the erstwhile princely state of Nawanagar to protect farmlands from saltwater ingress. 
  • The sanctuary is now part of Marine National Park, Jamnagar, the first marine national park in the country.

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