Birds from afar find this an apt place to raise a family
The Hindu
Villagers ensure tranquility and forest officials fill the larder
Hundreds of winged visitors have added colour to the serene atmosphere of babul trees and a water-filled tank in Therthangal Bird Sanctuary near here.
Among the birds are spot-billed pelicans, cormorants, darters, grebes, large egrets, little egrets, moorhens, night herons, paddy birds, painted storks, pintails, pond herons and white ibises.
Around 440 MBBS graduates of 2021 are not required to undergo one year of compulsory rural service as per the bond signed by them while joining the medical course through government-quota seats in 2015 as the High Court of Karnataka has said the law, enacted in 2012 for mandatory rural service, remained unenforced for 10 years as it was published in the official gazette only in July 2022.