Gurpreet Singh, a instructor and a nature fanatic, seen the variety of declining birds within the metropolis. To rectify the scenario, he determined to plant extra timber within the semi-desert space. Quickly, many individuals began to hitch his trigger and he based BEERH (Birds Surroundings and Earth Reviving Palms).
The sound of chirping birds, a childhood normality again in our hometowns, is a rarity in our busy, large metropolis lives as we speak. A number of acquainted creatures and birds that have been an enormous a part of our lives earlier are getting fewer and much in between.
An identical pattern was famous by Faridkot-based Gurpreet Singh, an setting lover at coronary heart and a instructor by career.
He mentions how individuals normally do actions based mostly in nature however fairly often, nothing severe or impactful emerges from it. “Individuals go on fowl watching expeditions to {photograph} them. It’s a enjoyable exercise however we must also do one thing for these birds too,” he says.
He wished to do one thing concerning the scenario and began planting timber in Faridkot, Firozpur, Muktsar in Punjab and the forests close to the cities to draw birds, and was quickly joined by his family and friends.
This was the inception of BEERH (Birds Surroundings and Earth Reviving Palms), beneath which Gurpreet has planted lakhs of timber within the jungle areas round Faridkot. In hopes of attracting birds, he additionally positioned mud nests on the timber.
Right this moment, these 30,0000 nests are house to lakhs of indigenous birds of 14 completely different species resembling myna, owls, sparrows, home sparrows, parrots, bulbul, pigeons, amongst others, he says.
Should you want to be a part of his trigger, you possibly can attain him at 9501900588.
Watch this video to search out out extra about Gurpreet’s work:
(Edited by Padmashree Pande)
