Chandigarh: National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the head of Wildlife Warden, Punjab to conduct an investigation into the death of around 400 parrots in Faridkot in coordination with the Department of Environment, and to take improvement actions in this matter.
The tribunal has passed this order while hearing the application submitted by Advocate-Cum-Social Activists, H C Arora, looking for an investigation of the death of around 400 parrots, all under a jamby tree, in Faridkot, including the Deputy Deputy Commissioner Faridkot.
Arora has alleged that on June 11, 400 beo has died under a variety of jammer trees in Faridkot, allegedly because of some chemical sprays that have been sprinkled by jamun.
He denied administrative claims that the parrot had died of a sandstorm, because there was no other place in the city of Faridkot, any parrot was found dead except under the jamby tree.
He has submitted that such spray on a fruit tree that instantly eliminates the lives of birds will definitely affect human health too.
Dead birds were found only under the fruit trees and were not under other types of trees that showed that the contractor appointed by the district government had sprayed chemicals on the jammer tree, because the parrot, sat on the branches of trees like that Died, Arora argued.
The court was also told that according to the records managed by Shankar Sharma, Faridkot’s famous bird lovers, the death of a large number of parrots took place in the city of Faridkot, consistently over the past five years.
Arora has been looking for directions to the State Authority against allowing chemical sprays to jammer trees standing on government land in Faridkot and elsewhere in the Punjab state to save the lives of birds, which are dying due to chemical spray.
After hearing the request, NGT in the order has observed that from the material on the record, it is difficult to give clear findings about why the Bird’s Bird’s death is ongoing.
However, the reason for the death of a large number of birds may need to be seen.
Copies of orders have been sent to the head of Wildlife Warden, Punjab, and Secretary, Environment, Punjab via email for compliance.