{"id":143963,"date":"2021-10-29T19:35:22","date_gmt":"2021-10-29T14:05:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=143963"},"modified":"2021-10-29T19:35:22","modified_gmt":"2021-10-29T14:05:22","slug":"troop-of-blue-langurs-spotted-in-gujarats-chemical-paradise-ankleshwar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/troop-of-blue-langurs-spotted-in-gujarats-chemical-paradise-ankleshwar\/","title":{"rendered":"Troop of \u2018Blue Langurs\u2019 spotted in Gujarat\u2019s chemical paradise Ankleshwar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h5><strong>What is the news?<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>A troop of Gray or <strong>Hanuman langurs<\/strong> with their fur\/hair coloured blue, due to exposure to chemical-based dyes, was spotted in an industrial neighbourhood of Ankleshwar in Gujarat recently.<\/p>\n<h5><strong>What is the reason for their blue-colored fur\/hair?<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>The town of Ankleshwar is well-known for its industrial units manufacturing dyes and intermediates. The <strong>industrial activity in and around Ankleshwar<\/strong> has led to much of its environment, including its air and water sources, being polluted.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Norms<\/strong> set by the Gujarat Pollution Control Board, Central Pollution Control Board as well as the Directorate of Industrial Safety and Health are usually <strong>not followed<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h5><strong>What is the impact?<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>Many of the chemicals used in the industrial units are <strong>carcinogenic<\/strong> and have been reported to cause skin ailments as well as cancers among workers.<\/p>\n<h5><strong>About Gray or Hanuman Langur (Semnopithecus entellus)<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p><strong>Distribution: <\/strong>They are found across South Asia. Its 16 subspecies\u2019 range extends from the <strong>Himalayas in the north<\/strong> to peninsular <strong>India in the south<\/strong>.The bulk of the gray langur distribution is within India. In the Indian Subcontinent, their distribution is reported in <strong>Bhutan, northern India and Nepal.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Presence in India:<\/strong> Hanuman Langurs are found in almost all the parts of India. They are easily spotted in the Bandhavgarh National Park and Sariska Tiger Reserve.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Habitat<\/strong>: It is found both in forests and near human habitations. They prefer tropical, dry thorn shrub, pine and alpine forests as well as urban areas.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conservation status<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>IUCN red list<\/strong> = LC (Least Concern)<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>CITES<\/strong> = Appendix -I<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>Wildlife Protection Act, 1972<\/strong> = Schedule I<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source<\/strong>: This post is based on the article \u201c<strong>Troop of \u2018Blue Langurs\u2019 spotted in Gujarat\u2019s chemical paradise Ankleshwar<\/strong>\u201d published in <strong>Down to Earth<\/strong> on <strong>26th Oct 2021<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the news? A troop of Gray or Hanuman langurs with their fur\/hair coloured blue, due to exposure to chemical-based dyes, was spotted in an industrial neighbourhood of Ankleshwar in Gujarat recently. What is the reason for their blue-colored fur\/hair? The town of Ankleshwar is well-known for its industrial units manufacturing dyes and intermediates.&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/troop-of-blue-langurs-spotted-in-gujarats-chemical-paradise-ankleshwar\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Troop of \u2018Blue Langurs\u2019 spotted in Gujarat\u2019s chemical paradise Ankleshwar<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10335,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-143963","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-public","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1701266301},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143963","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10335"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=143963"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143963\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=143963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=143963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}