Environment

Kazhuveli notified as 16th bird sanctuary in Tamil Nadu

·         The ecologically vital Kazhuveli wetlands in Villupuram district is that the sixteenth bird sanctuary in Tamil Nadu.

·         The area has adequate ecological, faunal, floral and geomorphologic significance for the aim of protective, propagating and developing wildlife and its environment.

·         As many as thirteen villages full under the sanctuary. Kazhuveli may be a marshland of international importance on the East Coast.

·         The sanctuary lies adjacent to the Bay of Bengal on the East Coast.

·         The declaration was created in exercise of the ability conferred in subsection (1) of section eighteen of the wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.

·         Kazhuveli or Kaliveli wetland system is one among the biggest waterfowl congregation sites in Tamil Nadu, and a well known raptor roosting site for species like the eastern Imperial Eagle, greater noticed Eagle, Red-necked Falcon and several other harriers.

·         The Grey-tailed Tattler, a rare migratory wading bird, has been recorded solely here and in Pulicat across the country.

·         Kazhuveli is unique as it falls in the Central Asian migratory path of birds and is home to the second-largest brackish water lake in South India.