Shimla,
20.March: Keeping with the tradition of celebrating the World Sparrow Day, some
members of Himachal Birds called on the Forest and Industries Ministers to
present them with the wooden bird nest boxes, a Himachal Birds Cap and a copy
of the book The Common Birds of Simla written by AE Jones and edited and retold
by Somesh Goyal, the founding President of Himachal Birds.
Vikram
Kanwar a member of the Himachal Birds informed that Himachal Birds will
continue to pursue its charter of creating awareness and conservation of avian
habitat in the state which was blessed with excellent birding habitats both for
resident and migratory birds. This year sighting of a pair of Whooper Swans
after almost a century augured well for birding bonanza in the days to come.
Mr Thakur
Singh Bharmouri, Hon’ble Minister for Forest, lauded the efforts of Himachal
Birds and promised all assistance in future endeavours.
Mr Mukesh
Agnihotri, the Hon’ble Industries Minister also congratulated Himachal Birds
for their efforts and assured that his department and government was committed
to a cleaner environment.
The members
of Himachal Birds also called on Rani Sahiba, Mrs Pratibha Singh, wife of
Hon’ble Chief Minister Himachal Pradesh to make the presentation.
The World
Sparrow Day is celebrated every year on March 20 to create awareness about the
decline in numbers of this diminutive bird which is losing habitat to rapid
urbanization, modern architecture, excessive use of insecticides, pesticides
and petroleum products and radiation from microwave towers among other things,
said Somesh Goyal.
Vikram
Kanwar a member of the Himachal Birds informed that Himachal Birds will
continue to pursue its charter of creating awareness and conservation of avian
habitat in the state which was blessed with excellent birding habitats both for
resident and migratory birds. This year sighting of a pair of Whooper Swans
after almost a century augured well for birding bonanza in the days to come.
Mr Thakur
Singh Bharmouri, Hon’ble Minister for Forest, lauded the efforts of Himachal
Birds and promised all assistance in future endeavours.
Mr Mukesh
Agnihotri, the Hon’ble Industries Minister also congratulated Himachal Birds
for their efforts and assured that his department and government was committed
to a cleaner environment.
When the
Himachal Birds team presented the bird nest box and other memorabilia to Rani
Sahiba, Mr Vikramaditya Singh, son of Ho’ble Chief Minister was also present.
The mother and son showed keen interest in the activities for conservation of
habitat and wanted that more such programmes involving school children and
citizens should be planned in future.
Shimla has
a large number of birds and the last census of the birds was done by Himachal
Birds in association with the Wildlife Wing in 2011. Himachal Birds intends to
carry out another such exercise after the monsoon and before the onset of
winter.
Following is the coverage in newspapers on 21.3.2013:
Following is the coverage in newspapers on 21.3.2013:
