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Dachigam National Park
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Dachigam National Park is a landscape of beauty painted on a canvas of uncertainty. Dachigam National Park is 22 Km from Srinagar, the capital city of the Northern state Jammu & Kashmir in India. Dachigam National Park exists today because of a mixture of luck and the dedication shown by the 
forests guards. In a major encounter between the security forces and militants who took shelter in Dachigam National Park in 1993 a large section of tinder - dry park caught fire. It was only thanks to the effort of the forests guards that the fire was controlled.
Dachigam National Park is a long, narrow sliver of territory that slopes down towards the dal lake forming almost half of its catchments area. The name of the park stands for "ten villages" which could be in memory of the ten villages that were relocated for its formation.
Dachigam National Park has been a protected area since 1910, first under the care of the maharaja of Jammu & Kashmir and later under the observation of the concerned govt. authorities. It was initially created to ensure clean drinking water supply for the city of Srinagar. Dachigam National Park was finally upgraded & declared a national park in the year 1981. Dachigam National Park is also the last habitat of the hangul or the Kashmir stag, and home to many rare species of plants and animals.
While a tremendous conservation effort has been on to save the park and its denihens, the govt. sheep breeding farm, is not helping matters. Taking a area from the farm, locals also graze their goats and cattle in the parks shrinking grass lands. In Dachigam National Park has 500 or so hangurs of Dachigam National Park are so shy. Their natural habitat is shrinking. A few years ago in upper Dachigam National Park the government constructed a sheep breeding farm that is rapidly changing into the hangulis grasslands. If the conflict for grazing resources between hangul and sheep is not resolved quickly , the hangul would go from being a endangered species to an extinct one.
Location :Dachigam National Park vast, is located on the periphery of state capital Srinagar, sloping down towards the Dal Lake. The variations in altitude is vast ranging from 5500ft to 14000 feet above mean sea level. Due to this vast variations the park is very clearly demarcated into an upper and lower region. The terrain ranges from gently sloping grasslands to sharp rocky out craps and cliffs. Park of the Dachigam National Park lies above the tree line and this area displays its own kind of natural beauty with bare rock mountains and crevics.
forests guards. In a major encounter between the security forces and militants who took shelter in Dachigam National Park in 1993 a large section of tinder - dry park caught fire. It was only thanks to the effort of the forests guards that the fire was controlled.
Dachigam National Park is a long, narrow sliver of territory that slopes down towards the dal lake forming almost half of its catchments area. The name of the park stands for "ten villages" which could be in memory of the ten villages that were relocated for its formation. Dachigam National Park has been a protected area since 1910, first under the care of the maharaja of Jammu & Kashmir and later under the observation of the concerned govt. authorities. It was initially created to ensure clean drinking water supply for the city of Srinagar. Dachigam National Park was finally upgraded & declared a national park in the year 1981. Dachigam National Park is also the last habitat of the hangul or the Kashmir stag, and home to many rare species of plants and animals.
While a tremendous conservation effort has been on to save the park and its denihens, the govt. sheep breeding farm, is not helping matters. Taking a area from the farm, locals also graze their goats and cattle in the parks shrinking grass lands. In Dachigam National Park has 500 or so hangurs of Dachigam National Park are so shy. Their natural habitat is shrinking. A few years ago in upper Dachigam National Park the government constructed a sheep breeding farm that is rapidly changing into the hangulis grasslands. If the conflict for grazing resources between hangul and sheep is not resolved quickly , the hangul would go from being a endangered species to an extinct one.
Facts :
Area:
Dachigam National Park is spread over 141 Sq. Km and altitude varies from 1700 to 4300 meters. Its demarcated into upper and lower Dachigam, because of the variations in the altitude.Location :Dachigam National Park vast, is located on the periphery of state capital Srinagar, sloping down towards the Dal Lake. The variations in altitude is vast ranging from 5500ft to 14000 feet above mean sea level. Due to this vast variations the park is very clearly demarcated into an upper and lower region. The terrain ranges from gently sloping grasslands to sharp rocky out craps and cliffs. Park of the Dachigam National Park lies above the tree line and this area displays its own kind of natural beauty with bare rock mountains and crevics.
Flora & fauna
Dachigam National Park is home to an impressive location for Himalayan Flora and Fauna, its uniqueness lies in between the endangered hangul, the only species of red deer to be found in India. related to the red deer of Europe, the hamgul is characterized by its white rump patch and impressive of antlers other than this animal some of the other species that inhabits Dachigam National Park interior are Deer, Leopards, Himalayan gray langur, leopard cats, Himalayan black bear, Himalayan brown bear, Jackals, Hill Fox, Himalayan weasel yellow throated Martens, Jungle Cats, Long - tailed Marmts and others. Just like the Dachigam National Park itself the bird life also changes to a large extent with the change in season. Some of the main bird species found here are cinnamon sparrows, black bulbuls, Himalayan manals golden orioles, Minivets, Pygmy owlets, woodpeckers, babblers, redstarts, wagtails, koklass, pheasants, choughs, orange bullfinch, Kashmir flycatcher, tytler's leaf warbler, streaked laughing thrushes, Himalayan ruby throats, wall creepers, black and yellow grosbeaks, Himalayan griffons, bearded vultures, red - billed blue magpies and tips.
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