Srinagar, July 8 -- The Environmental Policy Group (EPG) has expressed deep concern and anguish over the abrupt, unscientific release of water from the Hokersar Wetland by the Wildlife Department and the Irrigation & Flood Control Department. This action has caused the water level-normally maintained at 4 to 5 feet-to plummet, drying out large portions of the wetland and inflicting severe ecological damage. The most immediate impact is a grave threat to nearly 10,000 breeding birds currently inhabiting Hokersar. Many of these are newly hatched and unable to fly or relocate. With their habitat drained, these vulnerable birds now face death by exposure and starvation-marking a distressing ecological emergency. Hokersar, a Ramsar-declared we...