Letter: While almost everyone looks forward to Uttarayan to spoil the pleasure of flying kites, there are many who are hurt by injuries caused by birds during the festival.
Chetan Patel, a snack seller, is included in the last category.
And he came up with a unique idea to save the birds from the Manja Killer: Exchange The Discarded Thread Free ‘Khaman’.
Every year hundreds of birds are cut short by Sharp Manja.
Even after the Uttrayan festival, birds look tangled or injured by spoiled hanging from trees and buildings.
To encourage people to remove this spoiled, Patel offers incentives.
Patel, 37-year-old owner of the ‘Namkeen’ shop in the Vesu area in the city, offers 1 kg of ‘Khaman’ for free for the same amount of spoiled thrown away.
“This year I saw a tangled bird injured in the Maja hanging from the street lights.
That’s when I decided to encourage people to remove spoiled hanging like that after the end of the celebration.
Through my social media account, I posted an offer about exchanging 500g spoiled For the same number of ‘khaman’.
Other offers are 1kg from spoiled in exchange for 1kg ‘khaman’ or One Cheese Roll together with ‘Locho’, “Patel said.
Although ‘Khaman’ was valued at around Rs 100 per kilogram, Patel did not object to losing losses.
“If my offer can save the age of birds or humans, I don’t mind paying the price.
Since announcing the offer I have received about 5kg spoiled.
The people who came to deposit their spoiled lips Praise my efforts.
After receiving a positive response, I have decided to announced a much bigger scheme next year, “Patel added.
In the past too, Patel had done a little to rescue birds.
“Being busy in my shop, I can’t participate in bird rescue operations.
For the past four years I have provided free food to around 70 bird savings from an NGO during the Uttarayan period,” Patel said.