We, the residents of Jayamahal are blessed with a beautiful sunken park with lots of trees and a water body.
Two days back, we walked into the park at 6.30 in the morning to see the dozens of water lilies in bloom. We were amazed to find a variety of wild water birds ! There were Barbets, Mynahs, Koels, Greenish Leaf Warblers, Sun birds, King Fishers, Pond Herons, Purple Moorhens and a host of others : )
The joy of seeing the Lilies & birds was marred by the amount of plastic bags, waste cloth, cans & all kind of trash in the water and on the surrounding rock : (
This morning under Manjunath's guidance ( BBMP supervisor ) 5 Paurakarmikas got into the water and collected all the trash. One and a half hours later, they had picked up carry bags, soft drink & pesticide cans, bottles, discarded clothes like pants, bed sheets, shirts, etc. They also found cooking vessels ( it's a wonder how all this stuff got into the water ! )
6 large bags of trash was picked up !!!
We appeal to the regular walkers in the park to keep a hawk's eye on the visitors & not allow any one to bring in food or plastics into the Park.
If only each one of us does our little bit to protect & preserve mother nature we can have little 'Heavens on Earth' in our own localities & back yards.
Here's the story in pictures .....
Two days back, we walked into the park at 6.30 in the morning to see the dozens of water lilies in bloom. We were amazed to find a variety of wild water birds ! There were Barbets, Mynahs, Koels, Greenish Leaf Warblers, Sun birds, King Fishers, Pond Herons, Purple Moorhens and a host of others : )
The joy of seeing the Lilies & birds was marred by the amount of plastic bags, waste cloth, cans & all kind of trash in the water and on the surrounding rock : (
This morning under Manjunath's guidance ( BBMP supervisor ) 5 Paurakarmikas got into the water and collected all the trash. One and a half hours later, they had picked up carry bags, soft drink & pesticide cans, bottles, discarded clothes like pants, bed sheets, shirts, etc. They also found cooking vessels ( it's a wonder how all this stuff got into the water ! )
6 large bags of trash was picked up !!!
We appeal to the regular walkers in the park to keep a hawk's eye on the visitors & not allow any one to bring in food or plastics into the Park.
If only each one of us does our little bit to protect & preserve mother nature we can have little 'Heavens on Earth' in our own localities & back yards.
Here's the story in pictures .....
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| Water Lilies in the pond : ) |
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| With the arrival of monsoon, the elephants will be standing in water ! |
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| This lovely bird with its family is a resident of the pond !!! This has been identified as the Purple Moorhen ! |
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| Another lovely visitor ! |
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| Purple Moorhen with the babies : ) |
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| The whole family together : ) |
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| Large & colourful fish |
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| There are so many fish, the King Fishers were having a feast ! |
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| Another water bird ! |
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| King Fisher looking for fish.... |
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| With a fish in its beak !!! |
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| Two King Fishers at breakfast : ) |
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| A Barbet |
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| Koel |
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| A little chick walking on the Lily leaf |
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| Mynah |
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| Pond Heron |
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| Here's the ugly sight..... |
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| Trash in the water..... |
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| Pesticide can : ( |
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| More trash....... |
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| More of the ugly sight : ( |
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| So much trash surrounding the water...... |
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| : ( Cleaned up all this today.... |
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| Manjunath & his men preparing for the clean-up |
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| In action, collecting trash from the water.... |
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| Cleaning up all corners.... |
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| With 6 bags of trash... Hope never to find trash in the Park, ever again.... |
