I just spoke to the Park officials - they are calling the drying of the pond a management decision. The reason being the fish have grown to over 25 kgs and have become too big for the birds. Besides they are eating all the smaller fish. Being a National Park they can't sell the fish, so they thought it would be best to dry the pond.
They confirm they have ample water, and will start releasing the water in 2-3 weeks. In the 1st week July they want to put in the fishlings too
Any park Management expert?
Best
Nik
On 12 June 2010 07:56, Anand Arya - GMail <anandswarooparya@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Folks,--I am forwarding the letter and the images received this morning from Mr. Singh.It is bit late in the day now but yet time to get together for some action again.I have not gone inside the park since April 10, 2010 but but wish I had.Mr. Koshy, Sir, need your help to find what happened to the water that was agreed to be allocated to the Park.Do we all concerned meet ?
Begin forwarded message:From: Ajit Pal Singh <ajitphotography@yahoo.com>Date: 11 June 2010 9:51:42 PM GMT+05:30Subject: State at Sultanpur Bird Sanctuary
Dear Mr. Anand,I am not sure if you would remember me, but we have met a couple of times at the Sultanpur Bird sanctuary.I just like to share with you that during my recent visit to Sultanpur Bird sanctuary couple of days back, I was shocked to see the state of the marsh. There is almost no water left and hundreds of fish are dying in the open dry sun baked land. I understand that this is the dry season and the marsh dries up naturally but the park officials usually top up some water using tubewells or canal water to save the fish. But this time none of this was practised. I saw dead fish weighing more than 10kgs and about 3feet in length scattered all over the place. All that is left is a small mud pool were the last remaining fish are struggling to survive. I am not sure rain will be coming for their rescue soon.I had visited the park exactly the same time in June 2008 and there was no dead fish and still reasonable amount of marsh water, this time the story was quite different.Do you think the SEZ construction and development taking place around the park is taking up all the canal water and leaving nothing for the park?In your opinion do you think anything can be done to save the remaining fish?I have attached a few photos of the park.Thanks for your time!Regards,
Ajit Pal Singh
http://www.photographybyajit.com/
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