Second Rangewide Estimation of Riverine and Estuarine Dolphins in India starts from Bijnor

• Second pan-India population estimation of riverine & estuarine dolphins under Project Dolphin, flagged off on 17 January 2026 from Bijnor (Uttar Pradesh) by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC).
• Coordinated by Wildlife Institute of India (WII), Dehradun with State Forest Departments.
• UPSC relevance: links biodiversity conservation (GS-III), Wildlife Protection Act 1972 Schedule I species, Namami Gange, and national symbols (National Aquatic Animal).