Asola Bhatti wildlife sanctuary

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Context

• Delhi High Court indicated it may stay an event proposed by the forest department inside Asola Bhatti wildlife sanctuary.

About

• Asola-Bhati Wildlife Sanctuary is situated on the Southern Delhi Ridge of Aravalli hill range on Delhi-Haryana border.
• It lies in Southern Delhi as well as northern parts of Faridabad and Gurugram districts of Haryana state.
• Biodiversity significance of Ridge lies in its merger with Indo-Gangetic plains, as it is the part of the Northern Aravalli leopard wildlife corridor.
• This protected area contains one of the last surviving remnants of Delhi Ridge hill range and its semi-arid forest habitat and its dependent wildlife.
• Historical place around sanctuary are Surajkund and Anangpur Dam (both in Haryana), Tughlaqabad Fort and Adilabad ruins (both in Delhi), Chhatarpur Temple (in Delhi).
• It is contiguous to the seasonal waterfalls in Pali-Dhuaj-Kot villages of Faridabad and the sacred Mangar Bani.
• This is an important habitat for the Indian leopard.
• Endangered species in the sanctuary include red-headed vulture and egyptian vulture.
• Near-threatened species include painted stork, white-faced ibis and european roller. Rare birds include black francolin and grey-headed fish eagle.