UNISEL Bird Sanctuary Lake

 

The Bird Sanctuary Lake area located next to the Bestari Jaya Campus grounds is the main attraction of the Bird Sanctuary and the Fish Sanctuary. The lake has an area of ​​almost 1.5 million square meters, has a depth of 34 feet and the depth of the shallow area is 3 feet. The average depth of the entire lake is around 16 to 22 feet. This lake also becomes a rainwater catchment area if the rainfall exceeds the normal level and becomes the main location for the migration of various bird species.

This area is also seen as an area with natural treasures that have great potential to be developed as an eco-tourism, agro-tourism, and tourism industry area. The location of Bird Sanctuary is near the Student Residence which has various student activities to be carried out such as running, camping, training as well as the teaching and learning process (P&P) outside the lecture room while enjoying the beautiful panorama of the lake area. UNISEL believes that Bird Sanctuary will have a positive impact on the economic, environmental, social, tourism industry, and development sectors of the state of Selangor.

Pusat Sukan, Budaya & Penghijauan got the Bird Sanctuary Lake project in August 2022 and PSBH carried out the work of repairing, leveling, and widening several to be identified as roads for people to easily access Bird Sanctuary Lake. The clearing work to make a path started on September 5, 2022, and two huts that were built illegally on land belonging to UNISEL were demolished using Backhoe on September 09, 2022. On October 13, 2022, the Management and Administration of the UNISEL Bird Protection Lake was officially placed under Pusat Sukan, Budaya & Penghijauan.

Timeline Bird Sanctuary Lake

2024
Kerja-kerja Mengeluarkan Kelodak

Kerja-kerja Mengeluarkan Kelodak Serta Tumbuhan Terapung dan Kerja-kerja Berkaitan

Kerja-kerja Pemasangan Culvert

Kerja-kerja Pemasangan Culvert, Membaiki Struktur Jalan dan Pemasangan Concrete Pilings

Kerja-Kerja Meratakan Tanah di Dataran
Pemasangan Lampu Solar
Membaik Pulih Jalan

Meratakan tapak perkhemahan dan membaik pulih jalan

Kerja-Kerja Mengeluarkan Kelodak

Kerja-kerja mengeluarkan kelodak serta tumbuhan terapung dan kerja-kerja berkaitan

2023
Membuat Ban

Membuat ban, menambak pasir di Prime Route dan memasang culvert

Pembinaan Palang Pagar

Pembinaan palang pagar di tapak perkhemahan Tasik Lindungan Burung

Kerja-Kerja Pembersihan Tebing

Kerja-kerja pembersihan tebing di tasik lindungan burung

Membaiki Alternative Route

Membaiki Alternative Route dan mengemas kawasan sekeliling untuk dijadikan sebagai tapak

UNISEL BIRD SANCTUARY LAKE MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION

Starting on October 13, 2022, Y.Bhg Prof. Dato’ Dr. Mohammad Redzuan bin Othman, President and Vice-Chancellor of Selangor University, has decided to hand over the Management and Administration of the Unisel Bird Sanctuary Lake to be placed under the UNISEL Sports, Culture and Greening Center led by Prof. Associate Dr. Norazwan A. Bakar. The handing over of this appointment to enable the management and administration of the UNISEL Bird Sanctuary Lake to operate in a more organized manner.

However, efforts to develop this lake still require the involvement of the Faculty of Engineering & Life Sciences, the Security Department, the Asset Management Department, the Development & Maintenance Department, and the Corporate Communications Office as well as all UNISEL citizens. The involvement of all parties is highly demanded in realizing UNISEL as the tourism hub of the state of Selangor.

PROJECT ROUTE

In addition, the work for some of the newly identified routes has been implemented in phases starting from 26 September 2022 with the first phase of PSBH initial survey before the route clearing is carried out. Cleaning work was carried out to mark and reveal the route that can be used. The identified routes that can shorten the distance in addition to marking the parameters of land owned by UNISEL are: