JAIPUR: As the kite flying season is back, birds are sustaining injuries after getting entangled in razor-sharp manjha. Makeshift bird hospitals here have started receiving injured birds ahead of Makar Sankranti on January 14.
Rohit Gangwal of RAKSHA NGO who is running a shelter-cum-medical home for animals says kite flying is moderate now but will gain momentum in the coming days due to school holidays.
“Our centre has been receiving birds like pigeons, peacocks, pelicans and eagles since the past week. A makeshift hospital has been made including an ICU for birds with veterinarians giving them life-saving drugs and injections to save them from injuries,” said Gangwal, who runs a shelter home at Malviya Nagar.
For the past 10 years, the trend of sharp Chinese manjha is on the rise and so have been the casualties. Sahil Singhal from People for Animals is providing training to the volunteers who will be ferrying the birds from the different parts of the city to the makeshift hospitals. “Every commuter living in the kite flying zones should keep a few shoe boxes ready and put the injured bird in it until the volunteer comes and take it to hospital,” said Singhal.
The makeshift hospitals will be operational at Ramnivas Garden, Jain Temple (Jawahar Nagar), Vaishali Nagar along with the bird hospital at Johri Bazaar. Dr Vikas Sharma said the lives of birds suffering manjha can be saved provided the people understands its responsibility of dropping the injured birds at the nearest hospital camps.
Rohit Gangwal of RAKSHA NGO who is running a shelter-cum-medical home for animals says kite flying is moderate now but will gain momentum in the coming days due to school holidays.
“Our centre has been receiving birds like pigeons, peacocks, pelicans and eagles since the past week. A makeshift hospital has been made including an ICU for birds with veterinarians giving them life-saving drugs and injections to save them from injuries,” said Gangwal, who runs a shelter home at Malviya Nagar.
For the past 10 years, the trend of sharp Chinese manjha is on the rise and so have been the casualties. Sahil Singhal from People for Animals is providing training to the volunteers who will be ferrying the birds from the different parts of the city to the makeshift hospitals. “Every commuter living in the kite flying zones should keep a few shoe boxes ready and put the injured bird in it until the volunteer comes and take it to hospital,” said Singhal.
The makeshift hospitals will be operational at Ramnivas Garden, Jain Temple (Jawahar Nagar), Vaishali Nagar along with the bird hospital at Johri Bazaar. Dr Vikas Sharma said the lives of birds suffering manjha can be saved provided the people understands its responsibility of dropping the injured birds at the nearest hospital camps.
