bhubaneswar in an act of kindness a group of youth have launched a campaign jeevandhara for placing water bowls and containers in open places for birds and stray animals to quench their thirst in the blistering heat over 500 families in the city have joined the campaign so far this summer as the temperature hovered over 40 to 42 degree celsius in the last fortnight despite taking precautions we human beings are unable to bear the scorching heat think of the hapless birds and animals we urged people to take small step like placing water on rooftop or open space for the birds and animals the response we got was really encouraging said rudra narayan samantaray president of a voluntary organization jai odishaduring summer most water bodies dry up and with very few trees on roadsides the animals find it difficult to survive there are not many local varieties of birds which can migrate or fly long distances in this scorching heat many collapse after placing water bowls people have uploaded pictures of birds drinking water on social networking sites samantaray saidsimilarly water containers on roads can save lives of many stray dogs bulls and cows prerna a voluntary organisation has started the campaign of water kiosks for animals in the city we found a lot of birds coming to places where water containers are kept it means they are looking for water we hope people will respond to the initiative said dillip srichandan of prerna