About Asola-Bhati wildlife sanctuary

• Asola-Bhati Wildlife Sanctuary is located on the Southern Delhi Ridge of Aravalli hill range on Delhi-Haryana border.
• It is also part of the Sariska-Delhi Wildlife Corridor, which runs from the Sariska Tiger Reserve in Rajasthan to Delhi Ridge.
• There are about 193 species of birds reported from Asola along with large number of medicinal plants, more than 80 species of butterflies, hundreds of other insects, mammals such as leopards, nilgai, blackbuck, black-naped hare, Indian crested porcupine, small Indian civet, golden jackal, etc. 
• It is Delhi NCR’s green lung, carbon sink, source of ground water recharge, and shelterbelt against advancing aridity.
• Historical places around the sanctuary are Surajkund and Anangpur Dam, Tughlaqabad Fort and Chhatarpur Temple.