TODAY -
Loktak - A threatened ecology at gunpoint
pabitraspeaks.com | September 12
Loktak Lake is God’s own country. Measuring around 287 sq. Km, it is the largest freshwater lake in the North Eastern India, situated in the Manipur state. Loktak means end of stream (Lok = stream, Tak = end), which it literally is since it is where all local rivulets end. On the south-eastern shores of the lake is situated Keibul Lamjao National Park that houses the 100 odd last Sangai-s (Manipur brow-antlered deer – Rucervus eldi eldi) an endangered species.
The lake is a huge and vital ecology which is slowly degenerating and rightly declared a wetland of international importance under the Ramsar Convention on March 23, 1990. In Manipur, Loktak serves the purpose of Hydro-electricity generation, Fishery, Irrigation and the pressure of human activities by roughly 100,000 people pose question of survival for the lake’s ecology.
This incredibly beautiful place and the fragile ecology, if perished, will see the end of one surprising natural habitat of phumdis. A phumdi is a huge floating island of (heterogeneous mass of vegetation, soil, and organic matters at various stages of decomposition) and the lake contains several of them, earning the name The Floating Lake of the World.
Follow the link to read the entire news here
* This Post is uploaded on September 12, 2011
* Comments posted by users in this discussion thread and other parts of this site are opinions of the individuals posting them (whose user ID is displayed alongside) and not the views of e-pao.net. We strongly recommend that users exercise responsibility, sensitivity and caution over language while writing your opinions which will be seen and read by other users. Please read a complete Guideline on using comments on this website.
LATEST IN E-PAO.NET
Jump Start
DBS Imphal SubSite |
Readers Mail |
Editorials |
Education Announcements |
Essay |
Exclusive Event |
Flash - Audio Visual |
Incidents |
LFS Imphal SubSite |
News Timeline |
Poetry |
Opinion |
Sports |
Rock Concert |
RSS |
Top Stories |
Wathi Jugai