Recently, while making a humble appeal to the residents of the City of Temples, the Commission Jammu Municipal Corporation has urged for placing a bowl of water outside the residence or at some prominent place so that the stray animals can drink the same during scorching heat wave as the MeT has predicted a comparable hotter summer this season. As the people can make some arrangements for their comfortable stay within the four walls of their houses, with help of electronic gadgets and several other measures, but there is no one to provide the same to stray animals that have to bear the weather vagaries without any sort of protection. At such a time, a bowl of water would provide much needed respite to these speechless creatures thereby providing them some relief from the burning heat. Similar is the case with the birds, who are more vulnerable to the harsh sunlight in absence of adequate natural resources to provide them shelter. Moreover, the stray animals often live on streets or roads and can get the much-needed help by the people but the avian population is not able to get the same thereby causing more hardships to them during summers. As per a report, with the scorching heat intensifying with every passing day, numerous birds in the National Capitals are facing stressful conditions with no one to their rescue. Although some NGOs and wildlife officials always try their hard to provide necessary succour to the suffering birds and animals but they alone can’t do much as it is a joint duty of all responsible citizens to take care of these speechless creatures so that they can survive the hot temperatures successfully. It has been reported that during the past few days, a number of birds including Kites, pigeons etc were rescued by some NGOs who were found in distress or injured condition due to prevailing heat wave. As such, giving an example of humanity, it is the obligatory duty of all citizens to ensure adequate water and if possible, food for these speechless children of God who are totally dependent on humans for their survival during the heat wave which is expected to break records during this summer.
