Let me take this article to appreciate my own little act of abstinence from dumping kitchen wastes to garbage and keeping them for little feathered friends (This one is good, Anuj Sir). While, in the village, we regularly let our livestock consume the excess kitchen waste, in city we don't get to utilize them properly. Excess wastes are mostly dumped to the municipality waste collectors, and that obviously causes pollution. For couple of months now, we had started a habit of keeping organic wastes at the adjacent balconi, and hence we get to feed many avifaunas including Crows, Mynas, Pigeons, Sparrows and on and on. Actually, I don't even know how many visits our little balcony gets from these passerines in a day, with me mostly being outdoor.
Additionally, I think there is no proper studies focusing on, how our cities pollution and immense population density hampering diversities of avian fauna. I have encountered many birds dying of electric shocks (or by tangling) from the haphazardly distributed electric circuits through-out the cities. Actually, I don't remember seeing much birds around the immense traffic jam of Koteshwor or Baneshowr area. Its pretty evident the kind of impact we are posseing upon these little wizards. And its cardinal that we have to think about making our cities more eco-friendly, and environmentally sustainable. The kind of noise, pollution, population density that our valley holds, is not suitable for the sustainability of any creature. A well researched urban developmental policy is the most immediate necessity for out cities. Can we bring it on, and set proper provision for its use. That would be impactful.
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