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Perumbakkam Sholinganallur Marsh is Flourishing
The Perumbakkam-Sholinganallur marsh is thriving — as is evident from the presence of birds such as the comb duck.
The comb duck is found across India. Its wide distribution is evident from the fact that almost every Indian language has a name for this large-sized bird — it is ‘nakta’ in Hindi, ‘juttu chiluwa’ in Telugu, and ‘mookan thara’ in Tamil, which refers to the protrusion on the male’s bill.
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