Postal department releases cover on Indian Skimmer
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Andhra Pradesh Circle Chief Postmaster General M. Venkateswarlu and JNTU-Kakinada Vice-Chancellor Prof. M. Ramalinga Raju on Friday launched a particular cover on the endangered Indian Skimmer (Rynchops albicollis).
“There is a great need to conserve the habitat of the Indian Skimmer in India. The Department of Posts, Andhra Pradesh, has decided to release a special cover after The Puucho published an article on the bird’s breeding activity and population and Kakinada becoming its prime habitat,” Mr. Venkateswarlu mentioned to the gathering on the JNTU-K campus.
The Puucho had printed an article in these columns on December 29, 2020, titled ‘Indian Skimmer sighted at creek on Kakinada coast’.
Mr. Venkateswarlu added that developmental insurance policies mustn’t result in the lack of habitat of varied species and marine ecosystems, and expressed unhappiness over the best way the Kakinada mangrove system was being disturbed for varied actions.
“The Department of Posts has launched a wide campaign on conservation of the Kakinada mangrove ecosystem by releasing special covers in 2020 and the Indian Skimmer on Friday. We believe that some ecosystems cannot be restored once they have disappeared,” mentioned Mr. Venkateswarlu.
Conservation
Referring to the dwindling world inhabitants of Indian Skimmer, Prof. Ramalinga Raju has demanded the federal government to declare the brand new habitat of Indian Skimmer as an ‘extension to the Coringa wildlife sanctuary’.
“Declaring the creek near Kumbabhisekham mudflat, which is a prime habitat for Indian Skimmer in Andhra Pradesh, as Coringa wildlife sanctuary extension will meet the goal of the India’s Single Species Action Plan (2018-23)”.
Superintendent of Post Offices (Kakinada Division) D.S.U. Nageswara Reddy and postal department workers had been current.
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