The Asian Waterbird Census (AWC) runs parallel to other international censuses of waterbirds in Africa, Europe and the Neotropics under the International Waterbird Census (IWC) umbrella. It is coordinated by Wetlands International.
Municipl chief Ganesh Deshmukh made the appeal while addressing students during an event held at Pillai College of Arts, Commerce and Science in Panvel on Thursday. Deshmukh also guided them on taking initiatives on making the city clean.
The Citizen Perception Survey under the Ease of Living Index is being conducted in around 264 cities in India. The PMC is also participating in the survey.
The task was arduous and difficult at first because this was virgin territory but slowly and surely schools began opening up to the FPJ’s Edu team and after many phone calls, emails and personal visits, a mammoth chunk of city schools signed up for the survey.