Chhattisgarh
First Bird survey in Kanger Valley National Park
- 08 Nov 2022
- 2 min read
Why in News?
- On November 7, 2022, Kanger Valley National Park Director Dhammasheel Ganvir said that for the first time, birds will be surveyed in Kanger Valley National Park located in Bastar region in collaboration with Bird County India and Birds and Wildlife of Chhattisgarh.
Key Points
- Director Dhammasheel Ganvir said that the work of Kanger Valley Bird Survey will be done from November 25 to November 27, 2022. In this bird survey, 56 bird experts from 11 states of the country have been selected.
- Participants from Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Kerala, West Bengal, Odisha, Rajasthan will participate in this bird survey.
- For three days, bird experts will inspect different bird habitats of Kanger Valley and survey the birds found here. Efforts have been made by experts from time to time to understand the relationship and habitat of birds found in different landscapes of the country with the Kanger Valley.
- This survey will help in national park management and will add new dimensions of bird watching to eco-tourism.
- It is noteworthy that Kanger Valley National Park, Jagdalpur is a unique treasure of bio-diversity of Central India. Kanger Valley is famous in the country and abroad for its natural beauty, bio-diversity, exciting caves. Birds found in the Western Ghats and Eastern Himalayas of India have also been seen here.
