As one heads to Govind Dham, two huge colourful towers in nearby Partap Singh Wala catch the eye. These are city’s own ‘bird towers’, a first in Ludhiana. Bhagwan Mahavir Jeev Trust is constructing these two seven-storey bird towers — each 45ft-high — on the top of a building. These bird towers will house more than 2,500 birds and the building below would serve as a specialised veterinarian hospital for treating injured and sick birds. The project is aimed at providing respite to birds, who find it difficult to build their nests in the industrial town of Ludhiana amidst ongoing deforestation in the name of development
