500
School students enjoyed migratory birds watching tours
Vinay Kumar
Sharma
Chandigarh
As part of the migratory birds watching visits and
cleanliness drives started by Yuvsatta-an NGO and Department of Environment,
Chandigarh Administration, this week over 500 School students from seven
different Schools of the city visited Sukhna Wildlife Sanctuary and enjoyed the
sights of hundreds of migratory birds who had come to Chandigarh from far off
places. As Chandigarh is on the flight path of many migratory birds, which
fly from Himalayas and even far-off places such as Central Asia, Siberia &
China. Today it was turn of 100 students from Eco Club of Government Model Sr.
Sec. School, Sector 46D and St. Stephen’s School, Sector 45, to enjoy the
pristine beauty of lake and nature at Sukhna Wildlife Sanctuary. The
participating students first picked today trash around the place and watched
the migratory birds under the able guidance of environmentalist Kulbhushan
Kanwar and staff of Department of Forests & Wildlife of Chandigarh
Administration. Sharing about the initiative Pramod Sharma, Coordinator of
Yuvsatta said that in the last one week they had organized such visits for
seven different Government & Private Schools of the city and around 500
young children were sensitized through this programme about the important
role Birds play, as birds provide critical links within the vast food
chains and webs that exist in our ecosystem. He further said that the
annual migration of hundreds of migratory birds to Sukhna Lake is one of the
nature’s most energetic and awe-inspiring phenomenon. Kulbhushan Kanwar an avid
bird watcher resource person for the programme from Yuvsatta said that students
today saw many beautiful birds like Common Pochard, Ruddy Shelduck,
Common Coot, Greater Cormorant, Purple Heron and Oriental Pied
Hornbill etc. Next week, Yuvsatta-volunteers intend to take another set of
500 students from various Schools of the city for the Endeavour.
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