A peacock in flight at the KBR park, which has many birds and flora in its premises. Photo: K.V.S. Giri
Students from various school participated in the World Environment Day awareness rally organised by Pollution control board at Necklace road railway station in Hyderabad. Photo: K.V.S. Giri
In several districts drawing and fancy dress competitions were organised for school childrens to celebrate ‘World Environment Day’ across. Picture shows students participating in an rally at PV Narasimha Rao Ghat in Hyderabad. Photo: K.V.S. Giri
A fisherman walks along the bund wall with his angling rod in search of good catch at a kole wetland in Thrissur. These Kole wetlands in Kerala nurtures one of the most biologically diverse and fragile ecosystems in South Asia and is certified as a Ramsar Site. Photo: K. K. Mustafah
A fisherman shows a fresh water prawn in the Brahmaputra River in Morigaon district of Assam. Assam government has put a ban of catching fish during this fish breading season but fishermen still illegally catching fish for their lively hood. Photo: Ritu Raj Konwar
Greater Adjutant Storks waiting for food in a garbage dumping site at the out skirts of Guwahati. Fast vanishing wetlands in and around Guwahati city has now become a major threat for the survival of this bird species. Guwahati city has the largest concentration of the scheduled one Greater Adjutant Stork in the world but their numbers gradually declining due to loss of wetlands, habitat and availability of food. Earlier these big birds were largely seen in wetlands areas but now majority of them are seen in this garbage dump. Photo: Ritu Raj Konwar
A boy playing water logged paddy field near Thrissur, widespread rain in the last few days, a similar situation experienced in many other districts in the state. The mercury-level dipped considerably after heavy rain lashed most parts of the district. Photo: K. K. Mustafah