Question

how many national park and wildlife sanctuaries have been set up by the governmmet totake care of natural heritage of indea? why have these been established by the governmment?

Answer 1

To take care of the natural heritage of India, government has set-up 89 national parks and 490 wild life sanctuaries.
Reasons for establishing national Parks and wild life sanctuaries are 
(i) To protect the natural ecosystem of our flora and fauna.
(ii) To prevent the indiscriminate destruction of natural environment.

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