Chandigarh, January 19: Today, 50 students of Government Model Sr. Sec. School, Sector 37B, visited the Chandigarh Bird Park and regulator end of Sukhna Lake on the last day of week long ‘Migratory Bird Watching Trips’ for School children organized by Yuvsatta and Department of Environment, Chandigarh Administration. Mr. Navneet Kumar Srivastava, IFS, Additional. Director, Department of Environment, was the Chief Guest on the occasion. Prominent amongst those who participated included Mr. Pramod Sharma, founder, Yuvsatta and Mr. Kulbhushan Kanwar-the environmentalist. And the participating students also come prepared with posters on welcoming the migratory birds and with messages of 'Swacch Bharat Abhiyan', stating that 'Cleanliness is next to godliness'.

Mr. Navneet Kumar, IFS, appreciating the initiative said that in the last one week they had organized such visits for different Government & Private Schools of the city and over 300 young children were sensitized through this programme about the important role Birds play, as birds provide critical links within the vast food chains and webs that exist in our ecosystem. He further advised the students to follow the Gandhian mantra of ‘LIFE-Lifestyle for Environemnt’ As the LiFE campaign aims to bring individual action to the forefront of climate action. These nudges are as small as encouraging individuals to consume less plastic, waste less food, and prefer public transport. Mission LiFE was launched last year by the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India.

Kulbhushan Kanwar a resource person for the programme from Yuvsatta said that students today saw many beautiful birds like Ruddy Shelduck, Black winged stilts, Eagrets, Eurasian coot, Common Teal, Northern Shoveler, Purple & Heron Grey, Small cormorant, Great Cormorant, Darter, Night Heron, Pintail, Common Shelduck etc.

On the occasion a ‘Green-quiz’ was also conducted by Mrs. Seema Chaudhary the eco club incharge of of Government Model Sr. Sec. School, Sector 37B. And the prize winners were felicitated by the chief guest Mr. Navneet Kumar, IFS, with books by Mahatma Gandhi