what is the national aquatic animal of india
Gangetic dolphin
title: Vikramshila Gangetic Dolphin Sanctuary text: Vikramshila Gangetic Dolphin Sanctuary Vikramshila Gangetic Dolphin Sanctuary is located in Bhagalpur District of Bihar, India. The sanctuary is a 50 km stretch of the Ganges River from Sultanganj to Kahalgaon. Designated in 1991, it is protected area for the endangered Gangetic dolphins in Asia. Once found in abundance, only a few hundred remain, of which half are found here. The Gangetic dolphins have been declared as the National Aquatic Animal of India. This decision was taken in the first meeting of the National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) chaired by Prime Minister Dr.Manmohan Singh on Monday, 5 October 2009. title: South Asian river dolphin text: listed as endangered by the US government National Marine Fisheries Service under the Endangered Species Act. The species is listed on Appendix I and Appendix II of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS). The Ministry of Environment and Forest declared the Gangetic dolphin the national aquatic animal of India. A stretch of the Ganges River between Sultanganj and Kahlgaon in Bihar has been declared a dolphin sanctuary and named Vikramshila Gangetic Dolphin Sanctuary (VGDS), the first such protected area. The Uttar Pradesh government in India is propagating ancient Hindu texts in hopes of raising title: Vikramshila Gangetic Dolphin Sanctuary text: at Barari Ghat, where the Vikramshila Setu starts. There are various conservation works going on the Sanctuary Area. Noted works are: Vikramshila Gangetic Dolphin Sanctuary Vikramshila Gangetic Dolphin Sanctuary is located in Bhagalpur District of Bihar, India. The sanctuary is a 50 km stretch of the Ganges River from Sultanganj to Kahalgaon. Designated in 1991, it is protected area for the endangered Gangetic dolphins in Asia. Once found in abundance, only a few hundred remain, of which half are found here. The Gangetic dolphins have been declared as the National Aquatic Animal of India. This decision was taken in the title: Ganges text: Indian narrow-headed softshell turtle ("Chitra indica"), Indian softshell turtle ("Nilssonia gangetica"), Indian peacock softshell turtle ("N. hurum") and Cantor's giant softshell turtle ("Pelochelys cantorii"; only in the lowermost section of Ganges basin). Most of these are seriously threatened. The river's most famed fauna is the freshwater Ganges river dolphin ("Platanista gangetica gangetica"), which has been declared India's national aquatic animal. This dolphin used to exist in large schools near to urban centres in both the Ganges and Brahmaputra rivers, but is now seriously threatened by pollution and dam construction. Their numbers have now dwindled to a quarter of their numbers title: Ravindra Kumar Sinha (biologist) text: of protecting the Ganga River dolphin raised by Dr. Sinha, the Government of India designated this Dolphin as the National Aquatic Animal of India in 2009. Dr. Sinha was born in Keotar village in the Jehanabad district of Bihar on 1 July 1954. After his primary education in Keotar and Higher Secondary School at Makhdumpur, he joined Patna University in 1970 to study Biology. After graduating in Zoology, he joined Patna University as Lecturer in Zoology where he researched various ecological aspects of the River Ganga with special emphasis on the Gangetic dolphin and other biota of the river. A