SIVASAGAR, Jan. 12 -- Bijoy Rovi Kashyap, secretary of Prithvi, an NGO working for environmental protection, rushed to the bank of the historic Joysagar Pukhuri after receiving a phone call from his friend Partha Bora on Friday morning.
He was shocked to see 15 dead migratory bar-headed geese (anser indicus) floating on the water and several others flapping their wings pathetically in order to regain their breath ' a sight that would bring tears to any bird-lover.
Local scribes Ananta Smith, Bahar Ahmed, Ashraful Rahman and Bhairov Munda along with the help of some local youths retrieved the carcasses of 18 geese from the historic tank. They also handed over some injured migratory avians to the Rapid Response Team of the State Forest Dep...