The ‘Sholay Rocks’ of Ramanagaram will now have the first vulture sanctuary in the country.

About 22 sqkm area in and around the Ramadevarabetta Reserve Forests (RRF) in Ramanagaram has now been notified as the Ramadevarabetta Vulture Sanctuary. About 15 of the last surviving vultures of this species in South India live in the cliffs of ‘Sholay’ in Ramanagaram situated about 50 km from here on the Bengaluru-Mysore Road.