TNPSC Thervupettagam

Biodiversity Heritage Site at Maharashtra

April 6 , 2021 1203 days 1151 0
  • The Maharashtra government has declared an area at Amboli in Western ghats in Sindhudurg district, as a biodiversity heritage site.
  • Rare freshwater fish species was discovered here.
  • Tejas Thackeray and his team had discovered the new freshwater fish species named Schistura Hiranyakeshi.
  • Tejas Thackeray is the son of Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray.
  • The fishes were found near Amboli in Sawantwadi tehsil of Sindhudurg district.
  • Schistura is a small and colourful fish that lives in water and streams in an abundance of oxygen.
  • Earlier, the State government had declared the
    • Glory of Allapalli in Gadchiroli district,
    • LandorKhori Park in Jalgaon,
    • GaneshKhind in Pune,
    • Myristica swamp vegetation in Sindhudurg district as biodiversity heritage sites.

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