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‘Bird conservation spot’ launched

Staff Reporter

Bangalore: Baanadi gale marali banni Bengalurige (Birds, come back to Bangalore).

This is the new slogan of the Forest Cell of the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), which on Saturday launched the first “bird conservation spot” at Gayatridevi Park in Rajajinagar to increase bird numbers.

The cell, with the help of nature lovers and bird lovers of the locality, has created artificial nests on trees in the park to attract birds. Separate areas to offer grain to birds, sand bathing area and artificial ponds made up of granite have also been provided in the park by spending about Rs. 1 lakh.

BBMP Deputy Conservator of Forests S. Shekhar said that the new generation is missing many common birds like the sparrow due to lack of congenial atmosphere. Sparrows need tile-roofed houses and open wells, which have almost disappeared from the city.

More than 200 varieties of birds have also disappeared from the city, as Bangalore has become a concrete jungle and with the increase in air and noise pollution. Earlier, 300 of the 800 bird species of the southern parts of the country were seen in Bangalore, Mr. Shekhar pointed.

He said that the BBMP would be happy to create more “bird conservation spots,” but it required the support of the people of the localities.

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