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Mr. Sanjay Upadhyay , Supreme Court Advocate, Founder and Managing Partner of India’s First Environmental Law Firm, Enviro Legal Defence Firm highlighted laws related to Conservation of Ganga River Dolphins and said “Gangetic river dolphin is listed in the Schedule –I of the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972, according them highest degree of protection and has been designated as the National aquatic Animal of India. The Ministry has also included Gangetic river dolphin as one of the 22 critically endangered species for providing financial assistance to States under the Centrally sponsored scheme ‘Development of Wildlife habitats.” The elusive freshwater cetacean is an umbrella species of the Ganga and Brahmaputra river system and has a significant ecological importance as its presence indicates the good health of an area. #MobiusFoundation #DivingDeep #DolphinConservation #SaveTheDolphins