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Okhla Bird Sanctuary
New Delhi, Delhi, India Phone: Not AvailableAbout
Okhla Bird Sanctuary is a bird sanctuary at the Okhla barrage over Yamuna River. The Okhla barrage bird sanctuary in Okhla, near Delhi is a haven for waterbirds. In 1990, an area of 3.5 square kilometres (1.4 sq mi) on the river Yamuna was notified as a bird sanctuary by the Uttar Pradesh government under the Wildlife Protection Act of India. The most prominent feature of the sanctuary is the large lake created by damming the river, which lies sandwiched between Okhla village towards the west and Gautam Budh Nagar towards the east.
