GURUGRAM: The district fisheries division has got rid of all nets put up by means of private fisheries corporations illegally in Basai wetland, the place a crimson heron died allegedly after you have entangled in them ultimate week.
Dharmendra Singh, district fisheries officer, Gurugram, mentioned, “We have got rid of the nets put up illegally. Also, we can be sure that such nets aren't put up in the wetland again.”
The action used to be taken after TOI carried a record on June 23, highlighting the loss of life of the crimson heron, a wading bird that nests around wetlands, in the Basai marshes. Dr Indranil Halder, a birder from Noida, had first noticed the bird, reportedly an adult one with a peak of 5 ft, on June 18.
Pankaj Gupta from Delhi Bird Foundation mentioned, “We are happy that the deadly nets were got rid of by means of the authorities. We hope that no different bird would die an unnatural loss of life on the Basai wetland anymore. The authorities now will have to take a look at cultivation of African catfish in the wetland, which is a posing a big danger.”
The division, on its part, has decided to send notices to land house owners as fisheries farms are allegedly rearing African catfish, which is banned in the nation, in the Basai wetland. “We are going to serve notices to land house owners quickly. We are getting land ownership main points from income officers,” added Singh.
Dr Gopi Sundar, a scientist (cranes and wetlands programme) at Nature Conservation Foundation, also welcomed the move, including that giant birds like storks, egrets, sarus cranes, herons and cormorants have been falling prey to the sharp fisheries nets.
He also stressed out the want to save you any kind of trade in the nature of the wetland. “According to a Supreme Court verdict and the Wetlands (Conservation and Management) Rules, 2010, the nature of wetlands can't be changed. Fisheries contractors increase the depth of wetlands that affects the aquatic lifestyles. Also, they take away algae and different crops around wetlands, which hits the ecosystem,” mentioned Dr Gopi Sundar, a scientist (cranes and wetlands programme) at Nature Conservation Foundation.
Dharmendra Singh, district fisheries officer, Gurugram, mentioned, “We have got rid of the nets put up illegally. Also, we can be sure that such nets aren't put up in the wetland again.”
The action used to be taken after TOI carried a record on June 23, highlighting the loss of life of the crimson heron, a wading bird that nests around wetlands, in the Basai marshes. Dr Indranil Halder, a birder from Noida, had first noticed the bird, reportedly an adult one with a peak of 5 ft, on June 18.
Pankaj Gupta from Delhi Bird Foundation mentioned, “We are happy that the deadly nets were got rid of by means of the authorities. We hope that no different bird would die an unnatural loss of life on the Basai wetland anymore. The authorities now will have to take a look at cultivation of African catfish in the wetland, which is a posing a big danger.”
The division, on its part, has decided to send notices to land house owners as fisheries farms are allegedly rearing African catfish, which is banned in the nation, in the Basai wetland. “We are going to serve notices to land house owners quickly. We are getting land ownership main points from income officers,” added Singh.
Dr Gopi Sundar, a scientist (cranes and wetlands programme) at Nature Conservation Foundation, also welcomed the move, including that giant birds like storks, egrets, sarus cranes, herons and cormorants have been falling prey to the sharp fisheries nets.
He also stressed out the want to save you any kind of trade in the nature of the wetland. “According to a Supreme Court verdict and the Wetlands (Conservation and Management) Rules, 2010, the nature of wetlands can't be changed. Fisheries contractors increase the depth of wetlands that affects the aquatic lifestyles. Also, they take away algae and different crops around wetlands, which hits the ecosystem,” mentioned Dr Gopi Sundar, a scientist (cranes and wetlands programme) at Nature Conservation Foundation.
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