Digital Geofencing in Sultanpur National Park | 25 Nov 2025
Why in News?
Authorities in Haryana are planning to introduce digital geofencing around the Sultanpur National Park buffer zone to monitor land-use changes in real time and curb violations.
Key Points
- About Digital Geofencing:
- The Haryana Forest Department and district administration will create a digital geospatial boundary around the buffer zone of Sultanpur National Park, enabling automatic alerts whenever land-use changes occur in the mapped area.
- The initiative aims to prevent activities such as unauthorized construction, land fragmentation, soil excavation, and commercial land conversion, which have increasingly threatened the ecological sensitivity of the region.
- Satellite imagery, drone surveys, and GIS-based digital mapping will be integrated, allowing real-time tracking of any physical alterations around the sanctuary.
- About Sultanpur National Park:
- Sultanpur National Park, located in Gurugram district, Haryana, is one of India’s prominent bird sanctuaries and an important wintering site for migratory birds from Central Asia, Europe, and Siberia.
- Sultanpur lies along the Central Asian Flyway (CAF), which makes stringent monitoring of land-use change essential to protect migratory species' pathways
- It was declared a Ramsar Site in 2021, highlighting its ecological significance.
- Sultanpur National Park, located in Gurugram district, Haryana, is one of India’s prominent bird sanctuaries and an important wintering site for migratory birds from Central Asia, Europe, and Siberia.