SHILLONG: Dr. Anwaruddin Choudhury, Ph.D, DSC and IAS from Assam who is currently serving in Meghalaya on Monday said that radiation from mobile towers hamper sparrows and other birds.
Speaking to media persons after releasing his book Birds Of Meghalaya”, he said that the nesting of birds have gone down in the town due various kind of pollution.
Earlier, while showcasing a power presentation, Choudhury said there are nine important areas in Meghalaya and asserted that more than 615 species of birds are found in the state.
He however also informed that 25 birds species in Meghalaya are globally threatened while 17 species are nearly threatened.
According to Choudhury, the dark-rumped swift or Khasi Hills swift has the largest breeding in Meghalaya even as he said that there is a need to create more wildlife sanctuaries besides creation of community reserves which would largely help in increasing and protecting the swift.
Meghalaya Chief Secretary, P. B. O. Warjri lauded Dr. Choudhury for launching the book “Birds of Meghalaya” while releasing it. He hoped that it will be an encouragement to the youth and an inspiration to the people of Meghalaya on the value of birds and its preservation and even wildlife in general.
Dr. Anwaruddin gave a brief and interesting presentation on the birds of Meghalaya stating that there are around 615 species of the birds that were found in Meghalaya. He said that Meghalaya has the largest breeding areas of the already threatened birds in the world.
