The Ameenpur-based Animal Warrior's Conservation Society (AWCS), known for rescuing birds trapped in manja in Telangana, got an alert from some people in Saroor Nagar, following which its volunteers rushed to the spot.
During the last 40 days, the AWCS rescued 107 birds at different places. While 10 percent of them were released into their habitat because they were healthy, the rest were shifted to the AWCS's rehabilitation centre located near Patancheru
The ban on Chinese manja was declared in January 2016, under Section 5 of Environment Protection Act, 1986. Any person found violating the rules is liable for imprisonment up to 5 years or fine up to Rs 1 lakh or both.
Hyderabad: The Commissioner’s Task Force (Central) caught three persons who were found selling Chinese manja and seized a huge quantity of manja from them. The apprehended persons were identified as T Pavan Singh (33), Mahaveer Prasad (35) and Yonith Goel (21). The three were running shops at Begum Bazaar, Shahinyathgunj and Mangalhat areas and selling […]
Hyderabad: Three shops were raided by the Commissioner’s Task Force (South) police at Mirchowk and Kalapather on Wednesday and 59 bundles of synthetic manja was seized by them. Acting on information, the Task Force team under the supervision of S Raghavendra, Inspector Task Force south team, raided one shop at Gulzar Houz and two shops […]
