biodiversity

15-year data from the Kashmir wildlife department shows that entry of animals into urban residential areas has resulted in numerous deaths and injuries.

Huge flocks of flamingos as well as other species of birds are being spotted on the banks of Sabarmati, bang in the middle of the city, for the first time this season. Riverfront development officials say that cleaning and bioremediation of the river have made this possible.

Even as environmentalists cry foul over the reclamation of forest land, over a 100 species of plants and 22 species of fauna have been sacrificed for the construction of the proposed new complex.