Nanda Kishor Bhujabal, an ex-poacher, has helped poachers of Mangalajodi village in Odisha quit hunting and work towards conserving migratory birds in Chilika Lake through his NGO, Sri Sri Mahavir Pakshi Suraksha Samiti
Chilika today is the finest bird sanctuary in India, and among the richest ecosystems in the world. But Chilika yesterday was a different story altogether.