wetlands news monitor january - february 2015

WNM Compiled by: Dr. B. Hemambika, Ms. A. Julffia Begam and Dr. Goldin Quadros

ENVIS Centre, Sálim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History, Anaikatty P.O., Coimbatore – 641108, India

Wetlands News Monitor

January - February 2015

TRENDING TOPICS IN THIS ISSUE:

1. Reports on Wetland Birds Census

2. World Wetlands Day – 2015

3. Events conducted for Wetlands Ecosystem

4. New App for Tracking Bird Species

5. Information on Turtles

6. Does Swamps fight against climate change!

7. Wetland Pollution

News concise on Wetland Bird Census, World Wetlands Day, Wetlands Events, New App, Turtles

and Wetland Pollution.



1. Reports on Wetland Birds Census

Waterbirds cover thousands of kilometres every year during their annual migratory cycle

between their breeding and non-breeding areas. So, many countries have a shared the

responsibility for monitoring and management of waterbird populations. The International

Waterbird Census (IWC) is undertaken annually since 1967 and today covers over 25,000 sites

in more than 100 countries. In each country national coordinators work with a network of

professional and amateur counters to provide waterbird counts to the IWC.

198 bird species, including 26 migratory bird species were recorded in the bird survey

carried out in Megamalai Wildlife Sanctuary, Madurai. Red whiskered bulbul, grey jungle fowl,

spotted dove, southern coucal, white-cheeked barbet and purple-rumped sunbird, paddy field

warbler, black and orange flycatcher, broad-tailed grass warbler, Indian rufous babbler, black-

headed babbler, Indian blue robin, Nilgiri pipit, speckled piculet, rufous woodpecker, Malabar

troon, Nilgiri wood-pigeon and grey-fronted green pigeon were recorded. The most common

migratory birds recorded in the survey were grey wagtail, Asian paradise flycatcher and greenish

leaf warbler and common swallow. The survey revealed the most uncommon migratory bird the

Indian blue robin in Vellimalai sector. A remarkable sighting was a flock of 23 great hornbills

which were recorded near Arisipaarai. The survey also recorded nocturnal bird species, bird of

prey, species endemic only to the Western Ghats and vulnerable and threatened species under

International Union for Conservation of Nature.

To understand the diverse habitats of migratory birds and make comparative studies, the

bird watchers’ team from the Nature Society of Tirupur, that has been studying the arrival-

departure patterns of such species in western region, travelled across the State where migratory

birds flock in large numbers. The assessment helped to find the common factors that prompt

certain bird species to visit areas such as Nanjarayan tank in Tirupur and the coastal lines of the

State, though outwardly it looks as a divergent environment. The team found species like the

Sandpipers, which come from Western Europe, the Northern Pintails, that migrates from

Northern Europe and North America, and the Black-tailed Godwits, a bird species coming from

Iceland area in Europe, among few others, which comes to western region of the State during

winter season, in coastal areas too with some of them even noticed in smaller numbers around

irrigation tanks at sanctuaries like Koonthankulam near Tirunelveli.



Migratory birds noticed by Nature Society of Tirupur team in coastal areas of the State

during a comparison study of diverse habitats.

(Source: The Hindu)

G. Arul, president of Country Boat Fishermen in Pamban reported that after three years of lull,

flamingos have started flocking to Dhanushkodi on Rameswaram Island.

Bird watchers across Tamil Nadu spent their Pongal holidays as “Pongal Bird Counting”

which was inspired from the Onam Bird Counting event carried out in Kerala during the last few

years. Ornithologists in the state and nature forums launched a statewide bird counting event

from January 15 to 18 urging bird watchers and the public to carry out at least 15 minutes of bird

watching in their locality. Madurai-based ornithologist T. Badri Narayanan reported that it was

first of its kind initiative in Tamil Nadu. Two rare and elusive birds, Ruddy-breasted Crake and

Baillon’s Crake, were spotted at Kannankurichi Lake, Salem by bird watchers during Pongal bird

count organized by Tamil Birds Group as part of the first Pongal Bird Count 2015 across the

State. Bird watchers S.V. Ganeshwar and photographer J. Arun Prakash, spotted the two species

of rare birds belonging to Rallidae family in the lake.



Ruddy-breasted Crake and Baillons Crake sighted at Kannankurichi Lake in Salem.

(Source: The Hindu)

Migratory birds census was done in the Thamirabarani river basin, falling in Tirunelveli and

Tuticorin districts of Tamil Nadu between January 24 and 26. The Tamiraparani wetlands

support over 90 species of birds. There are several bird habitats around Koonthankulam,

Thirupudaimaruthur and Vagaikulam in Tirunelveli district. Tanks in Srivaikundam region of

Tuticorin district also attract a large number of birds. A heavy decline in water bird population

has been revealed during the Asian Waterfowl Census (AWC) 2015 at Trivandrum, Kerala.

WWF-India and Social Forestry Wing of the Forests and Wildlife Department under the

Green Partnership Programme had jointly recorded as many as 1,874 individual birds belonging

to 49 species in seven places in the capital district of Kerala. The census was held at Punchakkari

paddy fields, Vellayani Lake, Akkulam Lake, Veli Lake and beach, Poovar Estuary and

Aruvikkara Dam Reservoir. The highest count was from Punchakari paddy fields and from

Vellayani Lake. Shore birds like Greater sand Plover, Lesser sand Plover, Sanderling, Heuglin’s

Gull and waders like Wood Sandpiper, Marsh Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, Pacific golden

Plover, Green Shank were the major migratory birds spotted during the day-long census. The

lowest count was from Akkulam Lake where only 144 birds from 22 species spotted during the

survey. A. K. Sivakumar, AWC coordinator has reported that the drastic change in land use

pattern and pollution are the major reasons for the heavy decline.



Activists of the Save Vellayani Lake campaign at the ‘Kireedom bridge’ at Vellayani

(Source: The Hindu)

The Vembanad Waterbird Count 2015 was taken up by the Department of Forests and Wildlife

and Kottayam Nature Society, recorded the highest number of wetland and wetland dependent

birds ever. Sreekumar, coordinator has reported that about 57,828 birds belonging to 54 families

have been sighted from the 10 sites surveyed.

Inland waterbodies, including the backwaters of the Karapuzha and Banasurasagar

reservoirs, in the Wayanad district have proved to be ideal habitats for the avian population,

especially waterbirds. An ornithological survey organised by the Wayanad Social Forestry

division in association with the Malabar Natural History Society (MNHS) as a part of identifying

biodiversity outside the protected area was conducted and it was recorded that as many as 40

species of birds in the backwaters of these reservoirs and wetlands in the district.

(Source: The Hindu)



With 66 percent rise in the number of winter migratory birds, Bhitarkanika national

parkat Kendrapara has re-established its status as one of the prominent avian habitats in Odisha.

The forest department has reported that 1,13,226 feathered species from trans-Himalayan region

from the Bhitarkanika wetland sites of Kendrapara district for their winter sojourn this year. The

enumerators spotted two rare groups of birds of central Asian origin from wetland spots of the

park sighted for the first time in Bhitarkanika were Greater Scaup and Ferruginous Pochard.

These winged species come under rare and threatened category. Unable to cope with extreme

cold in their original habitat, the feathered species prefer these congenial wetland spots.

Divisional forest officer, Rajnagar Mangrove (wildlife) forest division, Kedar Kumar Swain

reported that the annual winter sojourn of birds in large numbers has re-established the marshy

wetlands of Bhitarkanika as one of Odisha's prominent bird habitats. Harsh cold and snow fall in

trans-Himalayan region has resulted in exodus of large number of migrant species to

Bhitarkanika.

The census findings have found a substantial 66 per cent rise in the number of winged

guests than the preceding year

(Source: The Times of India)

Enumerators have also spotted hordes of Back-headed Godwit, Greater Crested Tern, common

Shell duck and blue tailed Godwits, which come under rare and threatened category. The

prominent species who have also made Bhitarkanika their winter home are Brahmin Duck, Bar-

headed Geese, Godwin, Pintail, painted stork, seagauls, common teal and tawny eagle. Other

prominent winged visitors to Bhitarkanika this time are Indian Skimmers, Grey Pelicans and

White-backed Vultures, Lesser Adjutant, Greater spotted Eagles which were conferred



endangered status under IUCN's Red Book Data containing the list of highly threatened animals

worldwide.

The number of Lesser Flamingos visiting the Sambhar Lake and adjoining waterbodies in

Rajasthan has declined to 54 this year from 1,812 recorded last year, according to a survey.

After Nalsarovar, the Gujarat state forest department wants Khijadia bird sanctuary in

Jamnagar district as a Ramsar site. A proposal has been submitted to the Union ministry of

environment and forests (MoEF). According to the proposal, Khijadia is home to the globally

threatened black-necked stork, which is a resident species of the wetland declared as a sanctuary

in May 1981. Apart from the black-necked stork, other globally threatened species such as

Dalmatian pelican, darter, Asian open bill stork, black-necked stork, black-headed ibis, Eurasian

spoonbill, Pallas's fish eagle, pallid harrier, Indian skimmer and osprey are also found here.

Source:

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/environment/flora-fauna/Survey-finds-198-bird-species-

in-Megamalai-Wildlife-Sanctuary/articleshow/45964730.cms?

http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/studies-find-common-factors-in-

divergent-habitats-of-migratory-birds/article6769724.ece

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/environment/flora-fauna/Flamingos-create-a-pink-wall-

in-Dhanushkodi/articleshow/45892503.cms

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Pongal-Bird-Counting-to-begin-in-Tamil-Nadu-

on-Thursday/articleshow/45882653.cms

http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/rare-birds-spotted-during-

pongal-bird-count-conducted-at-kannankurichi-lake-in-salem/article6795970.ece

http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/concern-over-migratory-birds-at-

vellayani-lake/article6798812.ece

http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/rare-species-recorded-during-

bird-count-in-salem/article6897679.ece

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/environment/flora-fauna/Thamirabarani-water-bird-

census-to-begin-on-January-2/articleshow/45930231.cms

http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/census-finds-decline-in-water-birds-

in-capital/article6779665.ece

http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/highest-number-of-waterbirds-

recorded-at-vembanad/article6804258.ece



http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/avians-at-home-in-wayanads-

backwaters/article6889452.ece

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/environment/flora-fauna/Winged-visitors-throng-

Bhitarkanika-national-park-of-Odisha/articleshow/45928788.cms

http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/arrival-of-lesser-flamingos-declines-at-

sambhar-lake/article6797771.ece

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/environment/flora-fauna/Gujarat-wants-Khijadia-as-a-

Ramsar-site/articleshow/46108936.cms

2. World Wetlands Day – 2015

On World Wetlands Day 2015 Ramsar invited people to make a pledge for wetlands, committing

to making small changes that can help to slow the destruction and reverse the downwards trend.

By pledging to take shorter showers, or use reusable shopping bags, for example, everyone can

make a difference.

On World Wetlands Day, over 130,000 birds of 93 species have been spotted in the Pong

Dam wetlands in Himachal Pradesh, Shimla. Among them, the most prominent was bar-headed

geese, a rare winter migrant in other Indian wetlands. The largest influx was of the bar-headed

goose (71,800), followed by northern pintail (11,800), common coots (9,500), common teals

(8,100), common pochards (6,900), little cormorants (5,700), tufted ducks (2,800), ruddy

shelduck (2,800) and great cormorants (2,400).

Source:

http://www.ramsar.org/news/press-release-wetlands-for-our-future-act-now-to-prevent-stop-and-

reverse-wetland-loss

http://www.ramsar.org/news/amazing-world-wetlands-day-activities-across-the-globe

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhubaneswar/All-set-for-World-Wetland-

Day/articleshow/46084168.cms?

http://wwf.panda.org/about_our_earth/about_freshwater/?237930/World-Wetlands-Day-2015-

Celebrating-the-Mekong

http://www.vishwagujarat.com/india/on-world-wetlands-day-over-130000-birds-spotted-in-

himachal-wetlands/



3. Events conducted for Wetlands Ecosystem

The Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History conducted a contest on nature

conservation for the Salim Ali Trophy include elocution, painting, pencil shading, essay writing,

and recitation on February 8. ‘Young Bird Watcher of the Year’ Award was also announced.

Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History and Salim Ali Naturalist Forum,

Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited (HSBC) and Yuhina Eco Media jointly

organized Coimbatore Bird Race. The teams witnessed a wide variety of birds in a range of

habitats from the city to hilly areas at the borders of the district at Walayar, Mettupalayam and

Pollachi – covering large agricultural tracts, scrublands and inland wetlands.

Participants at the Coimbatore Bird Race observing birds at the Ukkadam Tank in

Coimbatore on Sunday

(Source: The Hindu)

On 24th

January 2015, two-day “Wetland Bird Count – 2015” began in Kochi. Birders covered

Kalathara, Kandakkadavu and Kuthirakkoor Kari wetlands (Thoppumpady) on the first day. On

second day, the wetlands of Kadamakudi and Devaswom Padam wetlands (Varapuzha) were

covered. The event organised by the Cochin Natural History Society and Kerala Forest

Department (Social Forestry Division), is part of the Asian Waterfowl Census. The organisers

expected to generate information on “waterbird populations in wetlands in the region during the

non-breeding period of most species (January), as a basis for evaluation of sites and monitoring

of populations” that helps in annual monitoring of the status and condition of wetlands and

generate greater interest in waterbirds and wetlands among people.



The bird count is expected to generate information on “waterbird populations in wetlands

in the region during the non-breeding period of most species"

(Source: The Hindu)

During the two days of Uttarayan festival across the Ahmedabad State nearly 1,509 birds were

rescued and of these 105 died. R.K. Patel, Assistant Conservator of forest reported that most of

the injured birds were pigeons, kites, owls and vultures. A couple of pelicans and peacocks were

also injured. However, there was a substantial drop in the number of birds injured this year,

mainly because of the foggy atmosphere on the occasion.

Nellore district officials release Flamingo Festival theme song CDs. in Nellore on Friday

(Source: The Hindu)

Andhra Pradesh State Government organized the Flamingo Festival to tap its eco-tourism

potential and promote awareness among people about the need to protect the migratory birds and

the fragile eco-system. P. Narayana, Minister for Municipal Administration at Nelapattu in



Nellore district has appealed to bird lovers in the State to make the ‘Flamingo Festival-2015’ a

grand success by visiting the bird sanctuary in large numbers.

N. Chandrababu Naidu Chief Minister planned to develop the Nelapattu Bird Sanctuary

as a major eco-tourism destination in Andhra Pradesh to tap its full potential as countries like

Singapore are earning 68 per cent of their GDP from tourism.

The government has decided to organize road shows to mobilize wide support and

participation in the Flamingo Festival to be organized at the rocket town of Sullurpeta near

Sriharikota space centre in the Pulicat lake surroundings from January 9 to 11.

Source:

http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/nature-conservation-contest-on-

february-8/article6858621.ece

http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/bird-watchers-compete-to-spot-

more-birds-in-coimbatore/article6923486.ece

http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/this-weekend-birders-to-flock-to-

count-wetland-birds/article6817829.ece

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/environment/flora-fauna/1509-birds-rescued-and-105-

dead-during-uttarayan-festival/articleshow/45910680.cms

http://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/2015-01-06/A-treat-in-store-for-birdwatchers-at-

Flamingo-Fest-124615

http://theceweb.thehindu.co.in/news/national/andhra-pradesh/flamingo-festival-road-shows-to-

be-organised/article773322.ece?ref=sliderNews

4. New App for tracking bird species

Kirloskar Vasundhara International Film Festival (KVIFF), Ela Foundation, a city-based

organisation for bird-watching enthusiasts, launched a cellphone application at Pune that allow

users to enter information about bird sightings into a database that can be used for scientific and

ecological studies. Satish Pande, director of the foundation stated that many amateur

photographers and birdwatchers spot interesting birds, but none of this data is available to the

scientific community. In the new app, birdwatchers from the remotest villages will be able to

contribute their observations for science and conservation. One of the most important aspects of

any such exercise is that the information provided should be authenticated. For this, a team of



three or four experts will verify the information uploaded through the app before it is fed into the

database.

Users will have to register on the app and the account will then be verified before they

can enter information. They will have to enter the locality and date of the observation and can

also upload photographs of the birds, he added. Pande reported that a list of the 566 bird species

found in Maharashtra has already been entered into the app. Eventually, all birds found in India

will be listed. The user will merely have to state the number of birds spotted and upload images.

If the user has spotted a bird but is unsure of the species, he or she can upload just the

photograph along with the date and place. Experts will identify the bird from the photograph and

add the information to the database.

Source:

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/environment/flora-fauna/With-new-app-help-keep-track-

of-bird-species/articleshow/45959290.cms

5. Information on Turtles

Environmentalists and villagers of Pannaiyoor in Rajakkamangalam panchayat, Kanyakumari

district are demanding the protection of a vital turtle nesting site on the coast after a fishing

harbour was proposed in the area. Student Sea Turtle Conservation Network (SSTCN) volunteers

who were out on a routine walk on the beaches of Chennai had reported that Carcasses of 30

Olive Ridley turtles were found washed ashore between Neelankarai and Napiers Bridge. While

some of them were found tangled in nets, most lay bloated with their eyes popped out, indicating

drowning.

Gobinath, the Nagapattinam Forest Ranger reported that the 120 kilometre-long coastline

of the district extending from Vanagiri in Sirkazhi taluk to Kodiyakkarai in Vedarnayam block

was an endangered turtle species hotspot. The nesting season of the turtle falls between the

middle of November and end of March.



The forest officials are releasing the Olive Ridley hatchlings at Arakattuthurai beach

(Source: The Hindu)

Forest officials with the help of local fishermen released as many as 110 Olive Ridley hatchlings

into the sea at Arkattuthurai near Vedarnayam for the first time in the current season and had

collected as many as 6,000 eggs from the coast and had sent it to 10 hatcheries at Vanagiri,

Pazayaru, Koozayaru, Rameswaram, Vettaikaranyiruppu, Pusphavanam, Arkattuthurai, Maniyan

Theevu, and Kodiayakkarai. In an attempt to provide a safe nesting ground to Olive Ridley

turtles to lay eggs, Idea Cellular organised a clean-up drive at Thiruvanmiyur beach recently.

Source:

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/environment/flora-fauna/Coastal-turtle-nesting-site-in-

danger/articleshow/45949330.cms

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Carcasses-of-30-Olive-Ridleys-washed-

ashore/articleshow/45948004.cms

http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/olive-ridley-hatchlings-

released/article6915023.ece

http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-downtown/giving-olive-ridleys-a-safe-

nesting-ground/article6843383.ece



6. Does Swamps fight against climate change!

Researchers at Victoria's Deakin University, Melbourne found that the Swamps and wetlands

could be 50 times more effective than rain forests in storing carbon. They have stated that

wetlands will be a huge carbon sink that was missing in previous global carbon budgets.

Researchers at Victoria's Deakin University found swamps bank up to one-third of the carbon

found in terrestrial soils, yet only occupy 4 percent of the planet's land surface


Source:

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/environment/global-warming/Swamps-wetlands-may-be-

key-in-fight-against-climate-change/articleshow/46263001.cms

7. Wetland Pollution

Greg Hunt, Environment minister of Australia has ordered a ban on dumping dredge waste on

most of the Great Barrier Reef. Australian Conservationists said that the dumping waste in reef

waters damages it by smother corals and seagrasses and exposing them to poisons and high

levels of nutrients. He added that the reef also faces threats from climate change, nutrients

washing into the sea and the destructive crown-of-thorns starfish, and the government was

working on each of them. The park where the ban will apply almost totally overlaps with an

expanse designated as a World Heritage Area, but it does not include most islands and ports, as

well as lakes and other waterways in the heritage area. Environmental groups have urged the



minister to go a step further and prohibit the dumping of dredge soil throughout the World

Heritage Area, not just within the marine park. The ban was subject to public consultation for

final approval.

Thick mangroves have long protected Karachi, southern Pakistan's sprawling metropolis,

from battering by the Arabian Sea. But pollution, badly managed irrigation and years of illegal

logging have left this natural barrier in a precarious state. Experts fear that loss of the natural

barrier formed by the mangroves could put the city of nearly 20 million people at greater risk

from violent storms and even tsunamis. Close to Karachi, the mighty Indus river ends its long

journey from the Himalayas in the sea. The river delta is home to the mangrove, a delicate

ecosystem that thrives in the mingled salt and fresh water.

High time pollution, illegal logging and changes caused due to the irrigation system at Karachi,

Pakistan

(Source: The Hindu)

In India the river Yamuna, flowing through Mathura, Vrindavan and Agra, has been reduced to a

sewer canal these days, choked with piles of accumulated garbage and industrial effluents. The

National Green Tribunal has announced a fine of Rs. 5000/- on individuals spotted throwing

waste and 'religious items' in river Yamuna. In December 2013, the Supreme Court had sought

expert help from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) after being told by CPCB that despite

Rs. 5000/- crore spent for reducing pollution, the river was staring at a catastrophe as over 2,400

million litres of untreated sewage flows into it every day.



Yamuna has been reduced to a sewer canal these days, choked with piles of accumulated garbage

and industrial effluents.


Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a public appeal to not pollute the Ganga River while calling

for a "time-bound, swift action and single-minded focus to ensure it is made pollution-free".

Presiding over a high-level meet on the "Namaami Gange" project, attended by union ministers

M Venkaiah Naidu, Nitin Gadkari, Uma Bharati and Prakash Javadekar, besides top government

officials, Modi made a public appeal saying don't pollute Ganga. The PM Modi said that the

'Namaami Gange' vision should focus on urban sewage and industrial effluents to check

pollution at its source.

Rapid industrialisation in the area covered by East Godavari estuarine ecosystem (Egree)

at Kakinada, stretching from Kakinada to South Yanam through the Coringa wildlife sanctuary,

poses a threat to waders that migrate during winter. The mud and tidal flats in the region support

waders. Water birds like lesser sand plover, black-tailed godwit, Curlew sandpiper and little stint

are the most abundant species in the region.



Black-tailed Godwits

(Source: DC)

The National Green Tribunal has directed the West Bengal government to demolish

illegal constructions coming up in the Sunderbans, habitat of the Royal Bengal tigers and the

world's largest mangrove forest. The tribunal's East Zone bench directed the state to demolish

such structures, even if any of these were allowed by statutory bodies, and submit a report to it

after six weeks. The East Zone bench, comprising Justice (retd) Pratap Roy and Professor P C

Mishra, also directed that tiger prawn farming and illegal pisciculture in the mangrove,

crisscrossed by a large number of rivers and canals, has to be stopped.

A report filed by river expert Kalyan Rudra to the National Green Tribunal (NGT)

pointed to 'total extinction of biodiversity' in the Chandrabhaga River in Birbhum, Kolkata due to

dumping of flyash from the Bakreswar Thermal Power Project (BKTPP). It has been found that

the water is whitish-grey in colour and physico-chemical properties of the river have deteriorated

drastically.

Source:

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/environment/pollution/Australia-orders-waste-dumping-

ban-on-Great-Barrier-Reef/articleshow/46002634.cms

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/environment/pollution/Rs-5000-fine-for-throwing-waste-

in-Yamuna/articleshow/45870016.cms

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/environment/pollution/After-21-years-of-SC-monitoring-

Yamuna-still-stinks-like-a-sewer/articleshow/45816354.cms



http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/environment/pollution/Factories-discharging-effluents-

into-Yamuna-asked-to-shift/articleshow/46358605.cms

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/environment/pollution/Dont-pollute-Ganga-PM-

Narendra-Modi/articleshow/45797302.cms

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/environment/flora-fauna/Indian-Skimmer-fighting-for-

survival-at-last-stronghold-of-Chambal-river/articleshow/45740491.cms

http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-in-school/a-call-to-save-karachis-

mangroves/article6754612.ece

http://www.deccanchronicle.com/150105/nation-current-affairs/article/pollution-killing-

godavari-waterbirds

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/environment/flora-fauna/NGT-asks-West-Bengal-

government-to-demolish-illegal-structures-in-Sunderbans/articleshow/45990695.cms?

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/environment/pollution/River-expert-files-report-on-

Chandrabhaga-River-to-NGT/articleshow/46372515.cms

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