Noida: Main Sarrus Crane Danauri habitat wetlands It has dried up since last month.
According to a 2015 remote sensing survey, the wetland area exceeds 33 hectares.Over the past few years, foresters and green activists have classified it as Ramsar wetlands – Wetlands of international importance.
Bird watcher SP Choudhary said he visited the wetland earlier this week and was surprised to see large areas of cracked land that had lost traces of the water body that existed at the site a few weeks ago. A stranger would not know that this dry land is a wetland,” Chowdhury said.
The wetland also dried up in April 2021.
Activists say wetlands may be suffering “Flood and drought”—a prolonged, abnormally dry period—due to the dual effects of a dry climate and excessive pumping or diversion of water instead of its normal flow into water bodies.
Jaswinder Waraich, an urban birdwatcher, said there was not much water left in the water bodies in March, just enough to sustain some waterfowl. By April 10, everything was dry.
“On the wetland issue, the forest department and the Yamuna Expressway Authority (YEIDA) are trying to shirk responsibility. Currently, a small trench has been dug and motors are being used to pump groundwater to replenish the water body. But this cannot be a long-term solution, “Walachi said.Danoru Water is obtained from neighboring farms and canals, and a more permanent source of water is needed, he added.
Meanwhile, a forest department official claimed that instructions have been given to restore water sources in Dhanauli and the work will be completed on Sunday.
“A few days ago, we dug a small trench in Danauli. We have asked the water conservancy department to supply water to the wetland. This will be completed this week. All this is happening because farmers have been taking water from the wetland area, which requires Check,” said district forest officer Pramod Srivastav.
Birder Mukund Kumar claimed that uncontrolled growth of hyacinths and lack of clearing before the migration season have added to the tragedy in the Danauri river. “As this invasive plant dries out, the wetland is unable to store enough water, eventually causing the wetland to completely dry out. This neglect is an example of how ignoring the balance between development and conservation can have devastating consequences.”
Surya Prakash, a retired professor at Jinan University, said fewer bird species were found in wetlands this winter. While bar-headed geese, pintails, grey-legged geese, coots, teals, coots and northern sandpipers stop at Danauri, birds such as red-crowned pochards, tufted ducks and rusty pochards usually fly in during the winter. But the species has stopped in Danauli.
According to a 2015 remote sensing survey, the wetland area exceeds 33 hectares.Over the past few years, foresters and green activists have classified it as Ramsar wetlands – Wetlands of international importance.
Bird watcher SP Choudhary said he visited the wetland earlier this week and was surprised to see large areas of cracked land that had lost traces of the water body that existed at the site a few weeks ago. A stranger would not know that this dry land is a wetland,” Chowdhury said.
The wetland also dried up in April 2021.
Activists say wetlands may be suffering “Flood and drought”—a prolonged, abnormally dry period—due to the dual effects of a dry climate and excessive pumping or diversion of water instead of its normal flow into water bodies.
Jaswinder Waraich, an urban birdwatcher, said there was not much water left in the water bodies in March, just enough to sustain some waterfowl. By April 10, everything was dry.
“On the wetland issue, the forest department and the Yamuna Expressway Authority (YEIDA) are trying to shirk responsibility. Currently, a small trench has been dug and motors are being used to pump groundwater to replenish the water body. But this cannot be a long-term solution, “Walachi said.Danoru Water is obtained from neighboring farms and canals, and a more permanent source of water is needed, he added.
Meanwhile, a forest department official claimed that instructions have been given to restore water sources in Dhanauli and the work will be completed on Sunday.
“A few days ago, we dug a small trench in Danauli. We have asked the water conservancy department to supply water to the wetland. This will be completed this week. All this is happening because farmers have been taking water from the wetland area, which requires Check,” said district forest officer Pramod Srivastav.
Birder Mukund Kumar claimed that uncontrolled growth of hyacinths and lack of clearing before the migration season have added to the tragedy in the Danauri river. “As this invasive plant dries out, the wetland is unable to store enough water, eventually causing the wetland to completely dry out. This neglect is an example of how ignoring the balance between development and conservation can have devastating consequences.”
Surya Prakash, a retired professor at Jinan University, said fewer bird species were found in wetlands this winter. While bar-headed geese, pintails, grey-legged geese, coots, teals, coots and northern sandpipers stop at Danauri, birds such as red-crowned pochards, tufted ducks and rusty pochards usually fly in during the winter. But the species has stopped in Danauli.
