MAJULI, March 14: The “Choraichung Festival” of “Majuli Xahitya” will be held in Majuli every year in the first week of December.
The decision was taken by the Majuli Xahitya Core Committee members Dilip Kumar Phukon, Jugal Hazarika, Gobin Kumar Khaund and president Kamal Dutta at the closing ceremony of the historic Choraichung Festival held for the first time on the river Island from March 9 to 11.
Other resolutions passed at the meeting included demarcation of bird sanctuaries, stopping the damming of Amrit Lake and solar panels installed on the banks of bird sanctuaries, planting trees for bird habitat and undertaking biodiversity conservation efforts.
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One of the core committee members Kamal Dutta said that other suggestions included that there should be a systematic counting of the number of bird species found in the bird sanctuary. Trees should be planted based on the diet of migratory and native birds and arrangements should be made to stop fishing in the reservoirs of Choraichong. The state government should construct bird observation pillars and name boards should be erected in the reservoirs.
“The rest houses should be constructed on both sides for observers to rest at the banks and arrangements should be made to identify the fish found in the ponds,” said Dutta.
One of the resolutions read out at the opening ceremony was officially handed over to the Jorhat district commissioner.
Kaveri B Sharma had inaugurated the opening ceremony. The proposals were briefed to the District Forest Authority officer who inaugurated the tree plantation drive on the first day and he promised to implement a tree planting scheme on the grounds of the Bhakatiduar Higher Secondary School as well as Choraichong.
The first bird sanctuary in upper Majuli was declared by the then Ahom king Swargadeo Pratap Singh in 1633 AD.
The historic Choraichong is located between the larger Deuri boundary, Bokabil boundary and Abhaypuria boundary of the island with a radius of about 5 km. There are many different species of birds in the area. The entire bird habitat of Majuli is now in danger. Everyone has a responsibility to protect birds, one of the components of biodiversity conservation.
The 390-year-old bird sanctuary Choraichong is the basis of the bird sanctuary of Majuli to create awareness about the conservation of birds and to make bird tourism in Majuli and the little known historical treasures of the Upper part of Majuli attractive to tourists for the first time.
