Vikramshila Gangetic Dolphin Sanctuary
2021 MAY 8
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Environment and Ecology > Protected Area Networks > Wildlife sanctuaries
About the sanctuary:
- Vikramshila Gangetic Dolphin Sanctuary is located in Bhagalpur District of Bihar.
- The sanctuary is a 60 kilometers stretch of the Ganges River from Sultanganj to Kahalgaon in Bhagalpur district. notified as Vikramshila Gangetic Dolphin Sanctuary in 1991, it is the protected area for the endangered Gangetic dolphins in Asia.
- Once found in abundance, only a few hundred remain, of which half are found here.
- Bihar government is setting up India’s first observatory for Gangetic dolphins here.
Prelims Question:
Vikramshila Gangetic Dolphin sanctuary is located in:
(a)Uttar Pradesh
(b)Bihar
(c)West Bengal
(d)Uttarakhand
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