JHARKHAND ADDED A NEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARY

* ON 13TH NOVEMBER 2025 SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DECLARED THE SARANDA FOREST AS NEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARY IN JHARKHAND STATE.

* IT COVERS 314 SQ KM FOREST ( INCLUDING SAL ) 

* IT IS 26% OF IRON ORE FOREST COVERS IN INDIA.

* IT ACTUALLY CAME UNDER BIHAR ACCORDING 1968 ( JUSTICE I VINOD CHANDRAN) AS SARANDA GAME SANCTURY 

* THE SANCTURY HAVE ENDEMIC SAL FOREST TORTOISE, FOUR HORNED ANTELOPE, ASIAN PALM CIVET, WILD ELEPHANT