Official urges Vizag residents to protect declining house sparrow population

Assistant Commissioner of Police Raghavendra Rao has called for the protection of house sparrows, describing them as vital “farmer friends” that have lived alongside humanity for thousands of years.

Speaking on Sunday morning following a 20-day conservation campaign, the ACP addressed a gathering beneath a 150-year-old banyan tree near the city railway station. The event, focused on the alarming decline of the small birds in urban areas. It also included a film exhibition and the distribution of bird nests.