Over 50,000 migratory birds have arrived at HP's Pong reservoir: Official

Over 50,000 migratory birds have arrived at Maharana Pratap Sagar Lake, also kwn as Pong Reservoir, in Himachal Presh's Kangra district, a senior forest official has said. general counting of birds is being done every fortnight.

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50,000 migratory birds

annual counting will be done on January 29 and January 30, when it is believed that highest number of migratory birds are at lake, Assistant Conservator of Forest in Dharamshala Pardeep Thakur said. lake was created in 1975 by building highest earthfill dam - Pong Dam - in India on Beas River in wetland zone of Siwalik Hills in district. Thakur said around 55,000 migratory birds have alrey arrived since October. lake is a well-kwn wildlife sanctuary and one of 27 international wetland sites declared in India by Ramsar Convention. " birds start arriving here in October and start ir return journey in April. Most of birds are from Siberia, Central Asia and Russia. re are hundreds of avian species but Bar Heed geese are in abundance here," he said. "We have appointed an equate number of staffers for protection of se migratory birds. anti-poachers team is assisting forest guards," Thakur said. He said that according to Supreme Court guidelines, special staff has been appointed to check illegal cultivation around lake. "We have also installed CCTV cameras in our main Sukhna campus," Thakur said.

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lake covers an area of 24,529 hectares and wetlands portion is 15,662 hectares. number of birds at lake last year was 1.10 lakh compared to 1.27 lakh in 2017 -18. Thakur said, "We have more birds in years when water of lake recedes and re is more dry land for visiting birds."

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