India, April 12 -- In a push towards getting Asola Bhatti Wildlife Sanctuary's Neeli Jheel identified as a Ramsar site, the Delhi government has found a total of 250 bird species -- including 58 water species -- around the water body.

As per an assessment, carried out in February through Wetlands International South Asia, the government found significant biological diversity in the area and the presence of endangered species - two criteria necessary for notifying a water body as a Ramsar site.

A Ramsar site is a wetland of international importance under the Ramsar Convention, 1971 and authorities need to meet at least one of the nine criteria defined under the convention, in regards to ecological, zoological or hydrological importance....