Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) organizes Flamingo festival with over 15,000 birds

Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) along with the Mumbai Port Trust has organized the annual Flamingo festival at the Sewri-Mahul wetlands for the last time. It has been doing it for the past 10 years and this will be the last time that the people of Mumbai can get to see nearly 15,000 flamingos and other migratory birds at a time. The festival begins on March 5 and this will be the last opportunity to see the pink beauties.
This has been reported in timesofindia.indiatimes.com dated 10 February 2016.

The Sewri-Mahul wetlands have been identified as an important bird and bio-diversity area - it hosts one of the biggest congregation of water birds in western India. The entry is free and bus services will be provided from Sewri railway station to the Sewri jetty between 12 noon to 5 pm.
The reason for stopping the annual event is because the work on the 22-Km long Mumbai Trans Harbour Link (MTHL) from Sewri to Uran is scheduled to commence later this year. Once it starts, the water birds, including flamingos, may get disturbed and fly away due to noise pollution and movement of construction equipment.
Moreover, it could also lead to changes in their migration preferences.
Therefore, this year the Flamingo Festival offers a unique and possibly the last chance to view the flamingos in all their beauty spread out on the mudflats with the backdrop of lush mangroves. The BNHS has tried to get the transport link realigned to save the flamingos. But, all entreaties have fallen on deaf ears.


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