The Jhajjar district now watching villages for stubble burning also holds two wildlife sanctuaries
Background
Jhajjar, the Haryana district that has placed villages under special surveillance for crop residue burning and is hosting the Agri Leadership Summit at Hasanpur, is also the district with two wildlife sanctuaries on the Forest Department's protected area list.
Bhindawas Wildlife Sanctuary in Jhajjar covers 411.55 hectares and was notified in 1986.
Khaparwas Wildlife Sanctuary, also in Jhajjar, covers 82.70 hectares and was notified in 1987.
Together they come to just under 500 hectares of the state's 23441.17 hectares of wildlife sanctuary.
Bhindawas is the larger of the two by about five times.
The department's list records only one other district, Panchkula, with two wildlife sanctuaries.
Bhindawas Wildlife Sanctuary:
411.55 hectares, Jhajjar
Khaparwas Wildlife Sanctuary:
82.70 hectares, Jhajjar
State sanctuary total:
23441.17 hectares
Why it matters for exams: Bhindawas is the Haryana wetland most often named in environment questions, and its district and area are what gets asked.
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