Crocodiles straying from the Manjeera Wildlife Sanctuary into irrigation tanks and farmlands have left farmers in Sangareddy and Medak anxious. With frequent sightings and no monitoring system in place, the reptiles pose a recurring risk to rural communities
The Forest Department has strongly contested the findings of a report by the State Dam Safety Organisation (SDSO) that flagged crocodiles as a risk to Manjeera dam operations.
The experts from six South Indian states, and the Ministry of Forests, Environment and Climate Change (MoEF), who arrived at Hyderabad to participate in a two-day workshop, visited the wildlife sanctuary.
Though there were 80 Ramsar wetland sites in India, none of them were from Telangana. Manjeera would be the first Ramsar site in the State if it got the recognition this year.
Sangareddy: In a rare sighting, a bird was sighted by the bird watchers at Manjeera Wildlife Sanctuary near Sangareddy 32 years after it was first captured by a couple of USA-based Wildlife photographers near Nagarjuna Sagar Dam in the year 1990. Seasoned birders Gowthama Poludasu, and Anita Negi, members of Hyderabad Birding Pals (HBP), have […]
