Water scarcity during past decade nearly finished the UNESCO heritage site
Water woes of the celebrated bird sanctuary, Keoladeo National Park (KNP), Bharatpur, may come to an end soon if the Rajasthan Government accepts a recommendation from the State's Board for Wildlife to reserve a share of water from the Panchana dam in the neighbouring Karauli district.
JAIPUR: The Keoladeo bird sanctuary in Bharatpur would soon be contributing to conservation in more ways than one. Apart from being one of the finest birding areas, the sanctuary would soon go solar.
The last pair of Siberian cranes was spotted here in 2002
About a decade after the celebrated Siberian cranes ceased to visit the Keoladeo National Park near Bharatpur in Rajasthan, the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests is planning to take up a captive breeding programme for the rare birds in the same terrain.
Union Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh is prepared to go on the warpath yet again. His latest battleground: the endangered wetlands.
Over the next few months he intends to proactively and aggressively work with States to implement the Wetlands (Conservation and Management) Rules, 2010.
JAIPUR: The migratory birds have found their way back to the Keoladeo National Park in Bharatpur, thanks to a good monsoon and the water released from Pachna dam a few months ago.
Fund for Nature-India along with the state forest department is running the centre since 2006, which received the award at the Wetland Link InterNational Symposium held in Malaysia last month.
After witnessing a good monsoon, the Keoladeo National Park, home to thousands of migratory birds who fly here to hibernate, was hoping to have a better tourist season.
CP1, a tiger introduced in the Sariska Reserve on August 28, 2008 aspart of the relocation programme, was found dead in the Tehlarange on Sunday. The carcass was consigned to flames on Monday.
JAIPUR: Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh announced in Sariska on Wednesday Rs.30 crore for shifting villages from the Sariska Tiger Reserve.
