Friday, September 17, 2010

Water flows in, heritage safe - Birds return to parched Keoladeo park in Rajasthan


Water is once again flowing into the lakes of the Keoladeo National Park, staving off the threat of the bird sanctuary losing its World Heritage Site label.

Keoladeo in Rajasthan’s Bharatpur district, once known to support 40,000 birds from 375 species, has seen its winged population dwindle over the past few years because of water scarcity. It now hosts about 200 species of birds, mostly domestic, with the migratory birds yet to arrive. - Rakhee Roy Talukdar