Question: Which Indian state will soon have the country’s first Dolphin community reserve?
(a)Uttar Pradesh
(b)West Bengal
(c) Bihar
(d)Uttarakhand
Ans (b)
Related Facts:
- India’s first community reserve to protect the endangered Gangetic river dolphins will come up in West Bengal.
- According to State Wildlife Board chaired by state Chief Wildlife Warden Azam Zaidi The reserve would be set up in the Hooghly River between Malda and Sundarbans as per provisions of Wildlife Protection Act, 1972.
- According to Azam Zaidi on October 8, 2015 at the meeting it was decided to create a committee.
- Gangetic river dolphins is India’s national aquatic animal (declared in year 2010) and is often known as the ‘Tiger of the Ganges’.
- This dolphin species is an indicator animal which represent healthy river ecosystem in a same position as a tiger in a forest.
- Their population is estimated to be less than 2,000 in the country.
Reference:
http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/west-bengal-to-get-indias-first-dolphin-reserve/article7744695.ece
http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/indias-first-dolphin-community-reserve-to-come-up-in-bengal/
http://www.moef.nic.in/sites/default/files/ngrba/GangeticReport.pdf
http://www.wwfindia.org/river_dolphin.cfm