About 5 OTs, 73 vets, 1,400 med students have
volunteered for the cause during Uttarayan frenzy
Uttarayan is here and so is ready a brigade of bird
rescuers to protect feathered species fall ing prey to killer manja. With five
major operation theatres (OT), 13 minor OTs and 63 response centers, Forest
Department and Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation this year have launched their
save bird drive with much aggression.
“Our main priority is to save birds.Therefore, we
will open more centres to provide immediate medical treatment. About 73
veterinary doctors and more than 1,400 students from medical colleges have
volunteered for the cause,“ said Dr T Karuppasamy, DFO, social forestry
division,