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A fair dedicated to Keoladeo park

By Our Special Correspondent

JAIPUR, JAN. 10. The annual birding fair at the Capital's Man Sagar lake this time will mark the launch of the "Save the Keoladeo National Park'' campaign, a citizens' initiative to ensure water for the world heritage wetland in Bharatpur. The two-day fair, starting this Wednesday, is dedicated to the Keoladeo Park.

The birding fair, now into its eighth year, is an annual event led by the Tourism and Wildlife Society of India (TWSI). The Environmental Education and Conservation Global (EECG) of the United States is the co-sponsor of the event. The Chairman of EECG, Edward McCrea, will participate in the fair along with 10 other environmental educators from the U.S.

As it has been the practice, expert bird watchers from the Keoladeo Ghana will join the school students and grown-ups at the Man Sagar lake to assist them to spot and identify the birds. Additional binoculars and telescopes have been pooled in for locating the avians.

The general secretary of TWSI, Harsh Vardhan, today pointed out that the Keoladeo Park was a role model for Man Sagar where islands have been created in water to facilitate nesting and breeding of birds. The saplings of desi babool (acacia nilotica) have been planted in the islands as it was done in Keoladeo years back, he pointed out.

A publication brought out on the occasion of the fair, highlights the problems faced by the Keoladeo Park, apart from those nearer home, in Man Sagar -- also called the Jal Mahal. The Ghana wetland, a Ramsar site as well, was deprived of its share of 500 million cubic feet water this season. The "Save K.N.Park campaign'' would collect 10,000 signatures at the fair for forwarding it to the Central Empowered Committee of the Supreme Court.

As for the Man Sagar lake, the wetland, despite certain initiatives from the Jaipur Development Authority in the recent past, continues to receive the City's sewerage water, which is causing damage to its aquatic life and creating health problems to those living in the vicinity.

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