Dear IWC member,
As many of you may be aware, September is celebrated now as the Big Butterfly Month. A nationwide butterfly count is being organized on 5th September. The role of butterflies as ecosystem gardeners is finally being recognized slowly but surely.
Gurgaon, the city where I live in, has had a beautiful butterfly Park in about 20 acres of space right in the center of town, which meant it attracted children and adults in large numbers. The Park now remains closed and we understand that the NGO "Uthhan"
who had a five year lease from the forest dept of Haryana to implement and run the Park has been forced to withdraw after three years.
Nobody knows the real reasons but we suspect a mixture of politics, land sharks, bribery etc seems to be at play.
We are organizing an online campaign to re-open the Park. Watch the YouTube video at the link below to get the context in which the campaign is organized.
https://youtu.be/NOAgW-JAiCk
Please, like and share the above video in your network.
A twitter campaign is on at the following link. If you are on twitter, please like and retweet.
https://twitter.com/susansharma/status/1300730320765894661?s=20
An Instagram campaign at the link below
https://www.instagram.com/p/CEogTihAOY7/
If you are on Instagram please like and share.
A LinkedIn campaign at the following link
https://www.linkedin.com/in/susansharma/detail/recent-activity/shares/
Those on LinkedIn please like, comment and share
Let us get the People's Butterfly Park reopened!!!