India, Jan. 3 -- The annual Asian Waterbird Count (AWC) is set to begin from the Yamuna floodplains on Saturday. The exercise is being conducted by Wetlands International in collaboration with eBird and will focus on four locations along the floodplains, said officials.

The exercise is likely to be carried out till at least January 18 and will be possibly extended if required. Other wetlands in north Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR) will be surveyed later this month, they added.

Over the weekend, four teams will cover a 20-kilometre stretch from Cullak Pur to the Wazirabad Barrage and be assigned a five-kilometre segment.

"We earlier covered only one or two locations. This time we will expand the number of sites for better c...