Mysuru: The famed Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary near Srirangapatna will be closed for visitors for a week either in the last week or November or the first week of December. Reason: The Forest Department is planning to conduct a census of bird population at the sanctuary.
“Most likely, the Bird Sanctuary will be closed in the first week of December enabling us to carry out the census,” Deputy Conservator of Forests (Wildlife) V. Yedukondalu told Star of Mysore. He said that the department was conducting scientific census of birds to get the tag of “Wetlands of International Importance,” also known as Ramsar Site (RS) from the Ramsar Convention (RC).
