Hi friends, It is so heartening to note that the seeds have sprouted at the Sanjay Gandhi National park. The picture is so pleasing. The last two years had seen the bamboo flowering and the seeds falling like a carpet, but the locals allocated each clump for themselves, cleaned the base and collected it for using as a substitute for Rice. The tragedy is that even affluent people would stop their cars and collect the seeds by paying the locals a sum of even Rs. 100/ kg , not for planting them but to satisfy their palate. The forest department did nothing and now the entire area is totally devoid of bamboo. I remember pleasant walks every evening just to take in the pleasure of beholding and enjoying the wonderful greenery which has vanished now. Regards Yazdy Palia.
On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 2:06 PM, Kiran Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mass flowering of Bamboo in Sanjay Gandhi National Park, Mumbai was reported > in Dec 2007. The grass is supposed to die but not before releasing their > seeds. If you visit the Park today you can see many areas such as the one > depicted from the Silonda Trail showing the ground carpeted with bamboo less > than a foot high. Not all will survive but enough for the next generation to > enjoy! > > > > A clean-up drive was done by school children of Gundecha School, Kandivali > (east) Mumbai. A large tractor-trailer was deputed by the forest dept. to > help gather the debris left behind by tourists, picnickers and pseudo-nature > lovers. > > > > Cheers, > > Kiran Srivastava > > Mumbai > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "indiantreepix" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
