The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board, which is investigating the source of the oil spill, on Tuesday concluded that its source was from the premises of the Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited (CPCL) in the city’s industrial area in the northern region, Manali | Latest News India
The State of India’s Birds, 2023 report, also says that several bird species such as the Indian Peafowl, Rock Pigeon, Asian Koel and House Crow are not only healthy in both abundance and distribution, but showing an “increasing trend”.
India today has 75 Ramsar sites, including Loktak Lake in Manipur and Pala Wetland in Mizoram, covering an area of 13,26,677 ha spread across several states.
A bird survey in Tamil Nadu has recorded the presence of several threatened species that were categorised as vulnerable by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).