NATURE CLUB
SURAT
Environment Education & Research centre
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Environment Education & Research centre
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Nature Education Camp - Dangs 2008 Wild Venture Camp Dandeli, Karnataka Bird Watching Trip Nalsarovar 2009 Himalayan Experience camp Manali 2009 Nature Art & Craft Workshop, Saputara Opportunities @ Nature Club Surat | Rescuing Gavier Lake (1989) The Gavier lake (7 Kms from Surat) which sheltered hundreds of birds - Sarus cranes, Pheasant tailed Jacanas, Purple moorhens, Coots, Purple herons, Grey herons and a variety of migratory birds as well as turtles and numerous other aquatic life - was being drained off and dug up by the water supply and sewage board to make it a fresh water reservoir for water supply to nearby villages. The members of Nature Club Surat found shells of turtles which were eaten up by the workers on the site. They also found abandoned nests of birds. There were fourteen tractors excavating the wetland and about eighty people working from early morning to late night to finish off the work before monsoon. Seeing a beautiful and rich wetland being destroyed was unbearable to nature club members. On behalf of the dumb animals and birds whose habitat was being destroyed, Nature Club Surat brought a stay order from court and the work was halted. The water supply and sewage board officials agreed to wall the part of the lake which was undisturbed to form a new lake right next to the original lake for the birds. Also the vegetation which was dug up from the existing lake was planted in the new lake and all the turtles emerging while excavating were put in the new lake. The new lake was ready with vegetation to receive migratory birds by winter. |
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