Mumbai: Mumbaikars may have to fight it out to get the mangrove wetland centre, proposed nearly two years ago on 452 hectares of marshland along the Eastern Express Highway at Bhandup.

Announced on March 3, 2008, by then state forests minister Baban Pachpute, the proposal has since been wrapped in red tape.

In an ambitious project to study the changing trends of the bird population, migration and biodiversity besides a proper documentation of the Harike wetland and sanctuary, the Punjab Wildlife Department has decided to conduct a survey of the birds.

- After years, winged visitors return to picnic spots of Tenughat and Jamunia dams

Nature lovers are thronging Bokaro

Industrial pollutants flowing down Sutlej from Himachal Pradesh have jeopardised the lives of thousands of winged visitors to the Nangal national wetland.

Residents complain of the colour of the river water, which has changed to black, near Brahmla Khad. Even the area contractor for fishing, Vijay Kumar, accepted that the water had changed its colour since Monday afternoon.

- From majestic beast to symbols of climate change, marked 10 include butterflies too
BELOW IS THE WORLD WIDE FUND FOR NATURE

Chhat (Banur), January 3

Harike, one of the largest wetlands of northern India, is witnessing the arrival of a large number of migratory birds from Siberia and Central Asia as the winter intensifies.

Migratory birds have started flocking in large numbers to Maithon dam, Tenughat dam, Garga, Chandrapura and other water reservoirs here much to the delight of bird watchers of Dhanbad, Bokaro, Maithon, Chandrapura, Tenughat and other parts of the coal belt.

The onset of winters might have been delayed this year, but the winged visitors have not disappointed, flocking to the Sultanpur Lake by the hundreds and making it a perfect destination for a peaceful weekend getaway.