Tilpath Valley Biodiversity Park

Biodiversity area in Delhi Ridge, Delhi

28°29′23″N 77°12′48″E / 28.4895885°N 77.2132106°E / 28.4895885; 77.2132106Area172 acresCreated2015 (2015)Operated byDelhi Development AuthorityStatusOpen

Tilpath Valley Biodiversity Park, is a 172 acre biodiversity area in the South Delhi Ridge within the Northern Aravalli leopard wildlife corridor, northwest of Asola Bhatti Wildlife Sanctuary, south of Sainik Farm.

History

Wildlife of India

Biodiversity Fauna Flora Lists Amphibians Ants Birds Butterflies Endangered animals Fish Mammals Molluscs Moths Odonates Reptiles Spiders Tiger beetles
Protected areas Biosphere reserves Communal forests Conservation areas Conservation and community reserves Elephant reserves National parks Private protected areas Ramsar Sites Reserved and protected forests Tiger reserves Wildlife sanctuaries
Conservation Projects Cheetah Dolphin Elephant Tiger Acts of Parliament Indian Forest Act 1927 Wildlife Protection Act 1972 Wildlife Protection Act 2002
Organisations National Ministry of Environment and Forests National Biodiversity Authority Institute of Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding Council of Forestry Research Indian Forest Service / Survey Institute of Forest Management Wildlife Institute Tiger Conservation Authority Zoo Authority International Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) South Asian Zoo Association (SAZARC) World Animal Protection World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA) World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)
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Being developed since 2015, it was officially inaugurated as Delhi's third biodiversity park on 3 February 2018.^[1]^[2]

Restoration

Previously this area had the valleys dotted with sand-mined quarries, dried up springs due to lack of recharging of groundwater, no forest cover except the invasive weed species of prosopis juliflora (vilayati kikar), lantana and parthenium. During the restoration, invasive foreign species were replaced with the three layers of forest community: native trees, shrubs and grassland. Scrubland was restored to attract the reptiles and birds. In 2015, 40,000 volunteers planted over 100,000 trees within 6 hours. In 2016, 20,000 trees were planted by the volunteers again.^[1]

Flora

The park now has the grasslands, hilly terrain with over 105 tree and shrubs species.^[2] Native species include mahua, haldu, sheesham and bael.^[1]

Fauna

In 2016, the park was teeming with over 103 bird species, 32 butterflies species, 15 herpetofauna (reptiles and amphibians) species and eight mammalian species including leopard, hyena,^[3] Indian rock python, jackals, neelgai, mongooses, porcupines, small Indian civet, gecko, Sirkeer malkoha cuckoo, nightjar, Indian paradise flycatcher.^[2] Wildlife surveys are conducted using pugmarks tracking with the pug impression pad (PIP) and by photographing the wild animals.^[1] Further reintroductions of mammalian megafaunas such as chinkara, chital deer, hog deer, has been proposed.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Two years on, Tilpath Valley Biodiversity Park breathes again, Times of India, 23 February 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c Delhi gets its third biodiversity park in Tilpat Valley, Hindustan Times, 3 February 2018.
^ ^a ^b Priyangi Agarwal, 2021, Eyeing variety: Delhi's Tilpath valley park gets ready to welcome herbivores, The Times of India