Guwahati: The week-long observance of Vigilance Awareness Week 2023 at NRL on the theme, ‘Say no to corruption; commit to the Nation’ from October 30 .
Delhi s annual butterfly census has documented a total of 75 butterfly species in the city s seven biodiversity parks. Notably, the census recorded the first geographical record of the rare Blank Swift butterfly in the Aravalli Biodiversity Park. The Plain Tiger was the most frequently sighted species, with a count of 1,119 individuals. The census, conducted in collaboration with the Centre for Environment Management of Degraded Ecosystems and the Delhi Development Authority, aims to assess butterfly species, their population, and habitat suitability.
Fifteen kilometres away, three different sites of a “restoration and rejuvenation” project that is underway along the entire 22-km stretch of the river in Delhi, from Wazirabad to Okhla, did not share the same fate.
Delhi was hit by unexpected floods when waters from the Yamuna river reached peak flow rates of 3.5 lakh cusecs on July 11. Heavy monsoon rains in the river s catchment areas in Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand contributed to the rise. The Hathnikund barrage in Haryana s Yamunanagar, 180 km from Delhi, controls the flow of Yamuna towards Delhi.