Over 91,000 migratory birds visited Khijadiya this winter

Migratory birds done by forest department in Khijadiya Bird Sanctuary, about 10km from Jamnagar city, has revealed that 91,261 birds of 193 species visited the sanctuary in this season. The count was done on January 20 and January 21. During the previous count, in 2012, the bird count was around 40,000, while in last year's census only 27,400 birds of 262 species were found at Khijadiya Bird Sanctuary. However, forest officials said that the 2017 bird count was not done scientifically. Hence, the count was done this year again. According to an official release by the forest department, species like great crested grebe, black-necked stork, little grebe, rosy pelican, dalmatian pelican, large and little cormorant painted stork, flamingos, common crane, demoiselle crane, glossy eyes, etc, visited the sanctuary spread across 6 hectare between October 2017 and January 2018.

Forest officials had formed 16 teams that counted the birds till Saturday evening and resumed work again early morning on Sunday. All the participants stayed at the park for Saturday night. Every year, from October to January, thousands of birds from across the globe visit the sanctuary. The wetland eco-system of Khijadiya is a wintering ground for migratory waterfowls from Palaearctic region and serves as an important breeding ground for many species of wetland birds as well as an uncommon breeder in India, Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps Cristatus).


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Migratory birds

Many of the rare birds in this list like Indian Skimmer, Crab Plover, Eurasian Oystercatcher, and Ruddy Turnstone are among the most critically endangered animals of the world. birds are coming from different part of the world into Jamnagar for breeding and wintering .places like the Khijadiya BirdSanctuary Jamnagarbirds.com

A unique bird hospital of Jamnagarthat began operations

 A unique bird hospital of Jamnagarthat began operations in January will now have an intensive care unit (ICU) for treatment of birds. Special cages have been developed to keep the sick and injured birds, which act as mini ICU units. Jamnagar is a favourite destination of migratory birds with ...

Ravindra Jadeja Achieves A Rare Feat. Smashes 6 Sixes In An Over

Ravindra Jadeja is known for his swag which is uniquely cool. The all-rounder has garnered great name and fame in international cricketer who has been one of the pillars of India’s success in recent years.

His heroics have always come in handy for any team he has ever represented. He has often produced miracles for his team and here comes another one.

Six sixes in an over

Playing for Jamnagar Ravindra Jadeja played an unbelievable knock of 154 runs from just 69 deliveries. This spectacular inning also witnessed an over wherein Ravindra Jadeja hit six sixes off an over playing against Amreli.

While the Indian team is busy in its engagements with Sri Lanka, the veteran cricketer who has been ignored in the limited overs format is playing league matches of the Saurashtra Cricket Association.

Jadeja has given the selectors a reason to reconsider his selection in the limited overs format by producing this stormy knock. Jadeja hit six sixes in an inter-district match conducted by the Saurashtra Cricket Association.

Jamnagar ended the match on a winning note by thumping Amreli by a hefty margin of 121 runs. In this match, Jadeja opened the innings for Jamnagar. It was in the 15th over that Jadeja smashed spinner Nilam Vamja for six sixes in an over and stunned everyone. His innings consisted of 15 fours and 10 sixes in all.

Double century in Ranji

Before producing this spectacular knock Ravindra Jadeja had hit a double century for his team in the ongoing Ranji season. He has given every reason to the selectors to be thoughtful of ignoring him in the limited overs format.

Gujarat polls: Narendra Modi to address four rallies in Jamnagar

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's public meeting in Jamnagar today: The peak of the election campaign, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday will hold four rallies in Gujarat's Dharampur, Bhavnagar, Junagadh and Jamnagar, where polling is ... visit to the state, on Monday, he will visit Dharmapur in Valsad district and then he will be in Saurashtra's Bhavnagar, Junagadh and Jamnagar, Jamnagar Rural, Jamnagar North, Halar
Coming to Jamnagar for the first time after the country's Prime Minister, The administration of the district, finalizing the preparations by the police department and the BJP, has been set up by the Police Department, Modi's security system, traffic control and tight security has been set up.

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Omung Kumar will be starting the pre-production on the biopic of the real life story of Sanjay Dutt To Play Maharaja Of Jamnagar

Just yesterday we reported that after Bhoomi, Omung Kumar will be starting the pre-production on the biopic of Maharaja Of Jamnagar, Jam Sahib The Maharaja of Jamnagar established a Polish Children Camp in Jamnagar-Balachadi for children brought out of the USSR during World War II. 

In 1942, ships containing Polish refugees from Russia and Siberia were denied asylum by all the countries they visited. The Maharaja of Jamnagar established a Polish Children Camp in Jamnagar-Balachadi for children brought out of the USSR during World War II. In 1945, the camp was closed and the children were transferred to Valivade in Kolhapur. In 2016, 50 years after Jam Sahib Digvijay Sinhji’s death, the Poland’s Parliament unanimously adopted a special resolution honouring him.

Omung revealed to Mirror that work on his film has been on for a year now and Sanjay Dutt is already onboard to play the title role. “We plan to shoot in Poland, India and across continents. The story idea came from Sanjay and Vikas Verma, who is also a part of the film. I will be leaving for Poland in two months for recce. We are tracing the entire journey, from Poland to Mumbai and finally Gujarat, so the film will take a while to shoot,” Omung said, adding that he and his team had met government officials in Poland on their last visit as the film had been in the works even before his upcoming film Bhoomi happened. “It took so much time to get the film off the ground because it is being shot on a huge scale.”

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Rain in jamnagar

જામનગર જિલ્લામાં છેલ્લા ચોવીસ કલાક સુધીનો વરસાદ :
* ધ્રોલ : 62 mm
* જામજોધપુર : 38 mm
* જામનગર શહેર : 95 mm
* જોડિયા : 32 mm
* કાલાવડ : 92 mm
* લાલપુર : 41 mm