Wildlife

Sanctuaries
- By Riddhi Yadav
This Project is an
Enrichment
Acitvity
Wildlife Sanctuaries in Uttar
Pradesh -1. Bakhira Sanctuary

The Bakhira Bird Sanctuary is the largest natural flood plain wetland of India in Sant Kabir Nagar district of
Eastern Uttar Pradesh. The sanctuary was established in 1980. It is situated 44 km west of Gorakhpur city.

It is a vast stretch of water body expanding over an area of 29 km². This is an important lake of eastern UP,
which provides a migratory ground for a number of migratory waterfowls and a breeding ground for resident
birds.

The sanctuary is named after the village Bakhira located adjacent to the lake along with as many as hundred
and eight villages surrounding the lake within the 5 km radius.

The villagers from the surrounding villages depend on the wetland for their livelihood in the form of fishing,
agricultural activities and fuelwood collection from it.

The Siberians birds travel across 5000 km to get to these wetlands at the time of winter's.
Wildlife Sanctuaries in Uttar
Pradesh -2. Chandra Prabha
Wildlife Sanctuary
The Chandra Prabha Wildlife Sanctuary, also known as Chandraprabha, is situated in Chandauli
district of Uttar Pradesh state in central India.

It is well endowed with beautiful picnic spots, dense forests, and scenic waterfalls like Rajdari and Devdari that
attract tourists every year to its vicinity.

Chandra Prabha Wildlife Sanctuary is situated about 70 km from the historic city of Varanasi.

Chandra Prabha Sanctuary is spread over an area of 78 km² and lies on the Naugarh and Vijaigarh hillocks on
the north slope of the Kaimur Range.

The Karamnasha River, a tributary of the Gangas, flows through the sanctuary, as does the Chandraprabha
River, a tributary of the Karamnasha.
Wildlife Sanctuaries in Uttar
Pradesh -3. Hastinapur Wildlife
Sanctuary
Hastinapur Wildlife Sanctuary is a protected area in the Gangetic plains of Uttar Pradesh. It was established
in 1986 and covers 2,073 km2 (800 sq miles),
across Meerut, Muzzafarnagar, Ghaziabad, Bijnor, Meerut and Amroha districts.

Hastinapur Wildlife Sanctuary lies on the western bank of the Gangas River at an altitude of 130–150 m (430–
490 ft).

Tall wet grasslands dominate in low-lying areas and are inundated most of the year. Short wet grasslands are
dry from winter to the onset of the monsoon.

The sanctuary is named for the ancient city of Hastinapur, which lies on west bank of the Boodhi Ganga.
Wildlife Sanctuaries in Uttar
Pradesh -4. Hastinapur Wildlife
Sanctuary
Hastinapur Wildlife Sanctuary is a protected area in the Gangetic plains of Uttar Pradesh. It was established
in 1986 and covers 2,073 km2 (800 sq miles),
across Meerut, Muzzafarnagar, Ghaziabad, Bijnor, Meerut and Amroha districts.

Hastinapur Wildlife Sanctuary lies on the western bank of the Gangas River at an altitude of 130–150 m (430–
490 ft).

Tall wet grasslands dominate in low-lying areas and are inundated most of the year. Short wet grasslands are
dry from winter to the onset of the monsoon.

The sanctuary is named for the ancient city of Hastinapur, which lies on west bank of the Boodhi Ganga.
Wildlife Sanctuaries in Uttar
Pradesh -5. Wildlife Sanctuary

Kachhua Sanctuary is in Varanasi district in Uttar Pradesh. Turtles, the Ganga dolphin and other water
animals can be found here.

Location 8 km from railway station, spread over the 7 km stretch of River Ganges from Rajghat to Ramnagar,
Varanasi, U.P.

Turtle Sanctuary was founded on 21 December 1989. A turtle breeding project with its breeding center at
Sarnath where turtles are hatched and reared for one to one and half year and then are left into River
Ganges to remove the bio-pollutants like partly cremated and dead bodies directly thrown in the river.

The eggs of these turtles are specially procured from river Chambal.

Around 2000 turtles are released annually in the river. Between 1987 and 2010 around 33,356 turtles were
released in the River Ganges by the Kashi Wildlife Division's tortoise breeding center, Sarnath.
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