Jatinga is a famous place of Assam.Here birds commit/ suicide/////////

1. PREPARED BY
 MANOJ DUTTA
GAU-C-12/31
 RISHIRAJ PATHAK
GAU-C-12/32
 PRIYANKA KUMARI
GAU-C-12/33

2. CONTENTS
 INTRODUCTION TO BIODIVERSITY
 JATINGA
 BIODIVERSITY OF JATINGA
 MYTH OF JATINGA
 THE DARK REALITY
 ACTIONS TAKEN
 CONCLUSION
 REFERENCES

3. INTRODUCTION TO BIODIVERSITY
• BIO = LIFE & DIVERSITY = VARIETY
• Biodiversity includes diversity within species,
between species and among ecosystems.
• Related to organisms .

4. BIODIVERSITY OF JATINGA
 The main bio diversity of Jatinga is its birds.
 In winter, thousands of migrating birds come to
Jatinga .

5.  Location: DimaHasao district , Assam.
 Coordinates: 25.149oNorth & 92.9437o East.

6. The Myth
 It is said that here birds commit suicide.
 For this mysterious phenomenon Jatinga is world
famous.
 During the late monsoon months, mysterious
behavior of birds takes place.
 For this phenomenon to occur the air must be foggy,
cloudy or mystery.

7. THE DARK REALITY
 In reality, contrary to the popular belief,all the birds do
not commit suicide.
 Curiously, most of the doomed birds do not attempt to
fly away after they land near the lights. They look
dazed and disheveled, perhaps due to the trauma of
the whole shocking experience. Such birds fall easy
prey to the villagers.

8.  The birds get caught in
the fog and wind, get
disoriented and seek
solace of the light
sources put out by the
villagers. They hit
against trees or other
objects and get injured
in their flight .

9. ACTIONS TAKEN
 Some NGO’s like
Blue Hill Society
make a good effort to
create mass
awareness among
local people.
 But Government has
not yet taken any
strong step
regarding this.

10. CONCLUSION
Birds are one of the loveliest creatures

11.  Forest department has to take right way for wildlife
conservation.
 If we kill them regularly, they will not come to Jatinga.
No bird watcher or nature lover will find any interest
in Jatinga.
 We have to conserve the birds to maintain ecological
balance.
 We have to create a grand mass awareness among the
people about importance of birds.

12. REFERENCES
1.www.google.com
2.www.wikipedia.com
3.www.nchills.gov.in