PRAYAGRAJ, Dec. 27 -- After a gap of three years, a fresh census of blackbucks is set to begin at Uttar Pradesh's only blackbuck sanctuary, Chand Khamaria, located about 40 km from Meja in the trans-Yamuna region of Prayagraj district.

A team of experts from Acharya Narendra Deva Agricultural University, Ayodhya, along with officials of the forest department, will carry out a comprehensive survey of the blackbuck population in the protected reserve.

In 2017, the Uttar Pradesh government approved the plan of setting up the Blackbuck Conservation Reserve as the first such reserve dedicated to the blackbucks.

This Blackbuck Sanctuary Reserve was established on the land of village council Chand Khamaria and Malikalan of Meja forest area. T...