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Detailed explanation-1: -Detailed Solution. The correct answer is Sindhudurg. The Maharashtra government has declared an area at Amboli in Western ghats in the Sindhudurg district as a biodiversity heritage site. The notification to convert it was issued under the Biological Diversity Act, 2002.

Detailed explanation-2: -Amboli-biodiversity heritage site The fish was named after the Hiranyakeshi river near Amboli village.

Detailed explanation-3: -Earlier, the State government had declared the Glory of Allapalli in Gadchiroli district, Landor Khori Park in Jalgaon, Ganesh Khind in Pune, myristica swamp vegetation in Sindhudurg district as biodiversity heritage sites.

Detailed explanation-4: -The fish Schistura hiranyakeshi was spotted for the first time in a pond at the Mahadev Temple at Amboli in Sindhudurg district, Western Ghats The 2.11 ha area has now been declared as ‘Shistura Hiranyakeshi Biological Heritage Site’ in April 2021. It has become the 5th such heritage site in the state of Maharashtra.

Detailed explanation-5: -Near 2007, the Nallur Tamarind Grove in Bengaluru, Karnataka, was designated as India’s first Biodiversity Heritage Site.