Vulture Population Decline: Delhi High Court Grants More Time To Centre To File Its Reply In Plea

On April 21, the Delhi High Court has granted more time to the Central government to file its reply in a plea raising the issue of the declining vulture population in India.

Vulture Population Decline

It is mentioned a division bench headed by Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma, hearing a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) plea filed by advocate Gaurav Kumar Bansal over the issue, listed the matter for the next hearing on July 25.

Notably, the court had directed the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) to take action to safeguard and conserve vultures in December 2022.

Gaurav Kumar Bansal had informed the court that even the Environment, Forest, and Climate Change Minister had publicly indicated that the vulture population had dropped sharply over the course of more than three decades.

”It is clear from the statement of the Minister that in the last 30 years around 4 crores vultures have died which means that around 13 lakh vultures lost their lives every year, which further implies that India is witnessing around 1 lakh mortality of vultures every month because of toxic drugs,” Bansal said further.