Context: ‘Kalrav’, Bihar’s 1st state–level festival started at the Nagi-Nakti bird sanctuaries in the Jamui district, Bihar. 

About the Festival

• The festival is hosted by the department of forest, environment and climate change. 
• The event is intended to create awareness about the conservation of birds and their habitat, the wetlands. 

Importance of Birds

• Those who can understand a bird’s behavior can understand that it sends a signal of any impending natural calamity. 
• Birds also help in the pollination of plant species. 
• Hence, as a part of the bird conservation plan, the forest department has developed a bird ringing station at Bhagalpur 

Nagi- Nakti Bird Sanctuaries

• Nagi Dam and Nakti Dam are although two different sanctuariess but  they can be taken as one bird area due to their closeness. 
• These sanctuaries are a home to wide variety of indigenous species and migratory birds that turn up during the winters from places like Eurasia, Central Asia, the Arctic Circle, Russia and Northern China. 
• Over 136 species of birds have been spotted at these sanctuaries.
• Around 1,600 bar-headed geese, which is about 3% of the global population of this variety, have been seen here, as per a report of the Wetlands International.
• The Nagi Dam (791 ha) and Nakti Dam (332 ha) are two sanctuaries so close to each other that they can be taken as one bird area.
• In 2004, Nagi Dam Bird Sanctuary was declared an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International.
• The sanctuary is unique for its rock formation, “tor” in Jamui area. In India, this rock formation is available only in Hampi in Karnataka.