GURUGRAM: The black-necked stork is still camping at Delhi’s Najafgarh jheel with its beak caught in a plastic ring and a six-member rescue group on its tail.
The group, comprising officials of the wildlife department and Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS), used all method — right from a drone and box scope to a bamboo entice — however didn't rescue the stork.
The stork, which was first noticed by means of a birder near Basai wetland closing Thursday with a plastic ring (the ones hang the cap of beverage bottles) around its beak, has been unable to section its beak as a result of the hoop, and birders are frightened that it would starve to demise because it has not eaten anything else for the previous 5 days or so.
On Tuesday, TOI group visited the spot and located the group attempting a entice with glue to catch the hen. After two hours’ efforts, considered one of them went very as regards to the hen (about 50 metres) but it gave him the slip.
According to the group, the hen was found with two other black-necked storks within the morning. Also, a red-wattled lapwing, which additionally lives near the Najafgarh wetland, alerted the stork each and every time the rescue group tried going nearer.
“Though we managed to befool the stork by means of using disguise, a lapwing alerted the stork. But, the hen’s power stage is now decreasing and I don’t assume it's going to have the ability to fly after an afternoon or two. That is when it's going to be rescued,” stated Anil Gandas, one of the most group contributors. The officials stated they didn’t want to rush. “We wish to be patient as we want to save the hen. We don’t need it to fly thus far that it becomes tricky to spot it,” stated Vinod Kumar, additional most important chief conservator of wooded area.
In Basai, the government have cleared the plastic waste following an order from state minister Vipul Goel on Monday.
Arvind Dalal, the owner of the plastic compressing unit there, told TOI, “We have incurred losses to the track of Rs 10-15 lakh. My business is to compress plastic bottles and send them to a recycling unit. Am I not contributing to the surroundings? I've been made a target by means of the government.”
The group, comprising officials of the wildlife department and Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS), used all method — right from a drone and box scope to a bamboo entice — however didn't rescue the stork.
The stork, which was first noticed by means of a birder near Basai wetland closing Thursday with a plastic ring (the ones hang the cap of beverage bottles) around its beak, has been unable to section its beak as a result of the hoop, and birders are frightened that it would starve to demise because it has not eaten anything else for the previous 5 days or so.
On Tuesday, TOI group visited the spot and located the group attempting a entice with glue to catch the hen. After two hours’ efforts, considered one of them went very as regards to the hen (about 50 metres) but it gave him the slip.
According to the group, the hen was found with two other black-necked storks within the morning. Also, a red-wattled lapwing, which additionally lives near the Najafgarh wetland, alerted the stork each and every time the rescue group tried going nearer.
“Though we managed to befool the stork by means of using disguise, a lapwing alerted the stork. But, the hen’s power stage is now decreasing and I don’t assume it's going to have the ability to fly after an afternoon or two. That is when it's going to be rescued,” stated Anil Gandas, one of the most group contributors. The officials stated they didn’t want to rush. “We wish to be patient as we want to save the hen. We don’t need it to fly thus far that it becomes tricky to spot it,” stated Vinod Kumar, additional most important chief conservator of wooded area.
In Basai, the government have cleared the plastic waste following an order from state minister Vipul Goel on Monday.
Arvind Dalal, the owner of the plastic compressing unit there, told TOI, “We have incurred losses to the track of Rs 10-15 lakh. My business is to compress plastic bottles and send them to a recycling unit. Am I not contributing to the surroundings? I've been made a target by means of the government.”
Plastic waste removed, but black-necked stork still in danger
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