Asola Bhatti Wildlife Sanctuary
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| Location | Delhi, India |
| Coordinates | 28°28′34″N 77°13′48″E / 28.4762°N 77.23°ECoordinates: 28°28′34″N 77°13′48″E / 28.4762°N 77.23°E |
| Area | 6,874 acres (2,782 ha) |
| Established | 1986 |
Asola-Bhatti Wildlife Sanctuary lies at the far southern edge of the city of Delhi, at Asola near Tughlaqabad in the Delhi National Capital Territory of India. 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, the northernmost extension of the Aravalli mountains that begin in the state of Gujraat (Runn of Kutch) Once this forested ridge area throughout the city of Delhi, but development has all but destroyed it. The reserve is found at the end of a rutted track that leads through a dusty unlicensed village.
The sanctuary is located on Southern Ridge, the northern terminal of Aravalli Hill Range, one of the oldest mountain system of the world. Biodiversity significance of Ridge lies in its merger with Indo-Gangetic plains. Legal protected Status of southern ridge was uncertain till 1986 when community lands of the villages of Asola, Shapur and Maidangari (4,707 acres (1,905 ha)) were notified during 1986 and the lands of Bhatti 2,167 acres (877 ha)) were notified in 1991 as a sanctuary.
It is located in South Delhi District all along Delhi Haryana, Faridabad and Gurgaon interstate border. It can be approached from Tughlaqabad (Mehrauli-Badarpur Road) to Surajkund Road (2 km (1.2 mi)) near Dr. Karni Singh Shooting Range or from Mehrauli via Chhatarpur Temple 6 km (3.7 mi) near Sanjay Colony (Bhatti Area). It is about 25 km (16 mi) from Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi, the Delhi Railway station is about 30 km (19 mi) and Maharana Pratap Bus Stand is about 32 km (20 mi) from the sanctuary. It is near Tuglaqabad Fort, on the way of Surajkund Mela.
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