GURUGRAM: A group of senior forest officials visited the Basai jheel basin on Friday, after rehabilitating the uncommon Black-necked Stork at Sultanpur National Park. The officials expressed concern over the dumping of plastic waste at the fringes of the basin and assured birders to take up their call for of wetland status for Basai with all stakeholders.
“We will certainly take up the subject. However, we wish to contain the entire stakeholders,” mentioned Anil Kumar Hooda, leader wildlife warden, Haryana.
Sources informed TOI the authorities are beneath super drive to protect the Basai jheel basin proper from the day when the Stork was once spotted with a rubber ring entangled around its beak. “There has been a large number of communicate at the factor of coverage of Basai, as handiest the Haryana executive can solely give wetland status to Basai,” assets mentioned.
Sources in the forest division mentioned they can handiest take up the subject with the authorities involved. “As the land belongs to the Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG), the civic body has to offer the green signal to the wetland status,” they mentioned.
According to birders, it’s prime time for the authorities to declare Basai as a wetland.
“There are many birds that turn out to be victim of waste dumping. MCG has been keeping up that Basai jheel exists handiest because of the overflow of handled sewage from a nearby waste water remedy plant. But the Wetland Rules, 2016, come with synthetic, man-made wetlands within the definition,” mentioned Pankaj Gupta of Delhi Bird Foundation.
Basai is a 260-hectare huge wetland in Sector 101 and 104 of the town. It’s house to over 280 species of birds, together with Greater Spotted Eagle, Eastern Imperial Eagle, Egyptian Vulture, Ferruginous Duck and Marbled Duck.
“We will certainly take up the subject. However, we wish to contain the entire stakeholders,” mentioned Anil Kumar Hooda, leader wildlife warden, Haryana.
Sources informed TOI the authorities are beneath super drive to protect the Basai jheel basin proper from the day when the Stork was once spotted with a rubber ring entangled around its beak. “There has been a large number of communicate at the factor of coverage of Basai, as handiest the Haryana executive can solely give wetland status to Basai,” assets mentioned.
Sources in the forest division mentioned they can handiest take up the subject with the authorities involved. “As the land belongs to the Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG), the civic body has to offer the green signal to the wetland status,” they mentioned.
According to birders, it’s prime time for the authorities to declare Basai as a wetland.
“There are many birds that turn out to be victim of waste dumping. MCG has been keeping up that Basai jheel exists handiest because of the overflow of handled sewage from a nearby waste water remedy plant. But the Wetland Rules, 2016, come with synthetic, man-made wetlands within the definition,” mentioned Pankaj Gupta of Delhi Bird Foundation.
Basai is a 260-hectare huge wetland in Sector 101 and 104 of the town. It’s house to over 280 species of birds, together with Greater Spotted Eagle, Eastern Imperial Eagle, Egyptian Vulture, Ferruginous Duck and Marbled Duck.
Will push for wetland tag for Basai, says forest department
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