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Marking World Wetlands Day, the Department of Posts connected Tuesday released a peculiar postal screen featuring the blackbuck recovered successful Point Calimere Wildlife and Bird Sanctuary, highlighting the ecological and taste value of 1 of Tamil Nadu’s astir important wetland ecosystems.
World Wetlands Day is observed this twelvemonth with the taxable “Wetlands and Traditional Knowledge: Celebrating Cultural Heritage.” Point Calimere (Kodiyakkarai) is among the astir important wintering grounds for migratory birds successful confederate India, with implicit 250 taxon of h2o and onshore birds recorded successful and astir the sanctuary. The Department of Posts had earlier brought retired a bid of six peculiar covers focusing connected migratory birds to underline their conservation importance.
The blackbuck colonisation astatine Point Calimere represents 1 of lone 3 chiseled habitats for the taxon successful Tamil Nadu. The different 2 are located astatine Guindy National Park successful Chennai and adjacent Sathyamangalam successful Erode district.
The peculiar screen was released astatine the sanctuary by Chief Postmaster General (Tamil Nadu Circle) Mariamma Thomas, successful the beingness of Postmaster General (Central Region) T. Nirmala Devi, Assistant Director (Business Development) M. Ganesh, Pattukkottai Postal Superintendent S. Ganeshkumar, and different postal officers and staff.
The screen features a colour representation of the blackbuck, a peculiar cancellation, and the animal’s sanction rendered successful Tamil script, adding to its thematic and aesthetic value.
Officials said the inaugural sought to rise nationalist consciousness of wetland conservation, biodiversity protection, and the ecological relation of wetlands, portion besides reflecting the department’s societal responsibility.
