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A fewer days ago, Bathukamma was celebrated connected a expansive standard astatine the rejuvenated Bathukamma water successful Hyderabad. It was restored by Hyderabad Disaster Response and Asset Protection Agency (HYDRAA), which caught the attraction of people. The Agency announced that it has undertaken the rejuvenation of six lakes successful the metropolis truthful far, and proposals were sent for the rejuvenation of 14 much lakes.
People moving towards documenting and restoration of biodiversity, urged authorities undertaking water rejuvenation to instrumentality proactive measures to reconstruct biodiversity. Botanists and others suggested a database of autochthonal histrion taxon which volition assistance birds and different beings find nutrient and shelter.
Apart from birds, different beings depended connected the section ecosystem are butterflies, dragonflies and terrapins. A technological program is needed for restoration of the ecosystem; autochthonal taxon had to beryllium introduced. If near unattended, exotic taxon mightiness origin disruption, said Chemela Srinivas, prof of Zoology astatine Osmania University.
Birders who brought retired the 2nd play study of Hyderabad Bird Atlas, recovered that the h2o bodies wrong the metropolis limits were polluted with integrative and discarded dumping, choked with invasive h2o hyacinth and surrounded by walking tracks which summation quality disturbance and trim situation prime challenges. The birders had suggested much section flora to promote the avian population.
Challenges identified by the birders:
->Plastic contamination and discarded dumping
->Encroachment, and situation fragmentation owed to operation to adjacent to h2o bodies
->Proliferation of h2o hyacinth which leads to nonaccomplishment of aquatic diverseness and unsuitable information for galore h2o birds
Practices for maintaining municipality lakes:
In the Hyderabad Bird Atlas, which is being improvement by Hyderabad Birding Pals, Deccan Birders and WWF-India, measures to enactment vertebrate colonisation were suggested:
Ensure lake, slope oregon municipality are not concretised but usage chromatic portion carrying retired verification
Maintain belts of autochthonal vegetation betwixt walking tracks oregon buildings and h2o edge
Improve discarded management, supply capable discarded disposal infrastructure
Manage and power invasive code species, specified arsenic water-hyacinth and greeting glory
Restore earthy situation features: works autochthonal aquatic works and riparian vegetation
Create tiny islands oregon floating platforms arsenic harmless birding sites
Monitor and amended h2o quality
Engage community
Native trees which attracts birds
Dr. L. Rasingam, Scientist-E, Botanical Survey of India, Deccan Regional Centre, listed immoderate of the autochthonal trees which helps successful restoring biodiversity by attracting birds and different beings:
Syzygium cumini (L.) Skeels (Jamun)
Mangifera indica L. (Mango)
Phyllanthus embelica L. (Amla)
Ficus sapp (Fig)
Ziziphus mauritiana Lam. (Indian Plum)
Bombax ceiba L. (Silk Cotton)
Thespesia populnea (L.) Sol. ex Correa (Indian Tulip)
Limonia acidissima L. (Wood Apple)
Prosopis cineraria (L.) Druce (Jammi Chettu)
In lawsuit of aquatic greenish cover, Farida Tampal, State Director, WWF-India Hyderabad Office said that it is indispensable to beforehand aquatic wetland works taxon similar Cyperus (Tunga Gaddi) oregon Typha (Jammu gaddi oregon Enugajamu) etc. There are astir 110 aquatic works species.
She said that Jamun, Acacia (Babul oregon Nall Tumma), Bamboo etc. turn good adjacent h2o bodies. “Care has to beryllium taken to not works ample trees connected bunds of lakes arsenic they tin breach the water bund. These trees bash good adjacent h2o bodies. Aquatic wetlands plants besides supply bully situation and they should besides beryllium contiguous astir lakes. Most lakes successful Hyderabad hardly person immoderate aquatic vegetation. The aquatic vegetation is mostly invasives taxon similar h2o hyacinth, pistia (duck weed) etc,” said Mr. Farida regarding trees that volition pull birds.
Sriram Reddy, a halfway subordinate of Hyderabad Birding Pals, said that flowers, fruits adjacent h2o bodies assistance pull birds and beingness of the feathered friends indicates lakes are healthy.
He said that Ficus, Jamun, Neem, Tamarind, Silk Cotton and Palash are among the apical choices if maximum diverseness of birds is to beryllium attracted.
He listed immoderate much trees which are favourable to pull immoderate circumstantial taxon of birds:
Peepal / Sacred Fig (Ficus religiosa) –Barbets, Bulbuls, Parakeets, Mynas
Banyan (Ficus benghalensis) – Hornbills, Green Pigeons, Mynas, Barbets
Indian Gooseberry (Phyllanthus emblica, Amla) – Bulbuls, Barbets, Parakeets
Jamun (Syzygium cumini) – Barbets, Hornbills, Bulbuls, Parakeets
Neem (Azadirachta indica) flowers – Sunbirds
