Fish fries released at Waithou Lake
Source: The Sangai Express
Thoubal, May 05 2020:
Joint Co-ordination Committee on Wildlife & Biodiversity (JCCWB), Manipur in collaboration with Waithou Lake Protection Committee's secretery Sanasam Jiten Meitei and many fishers living around Waithou Lake have released around 2500 fish fries today.
The fries were released with a bid to replenish the shrunk population of fish and help recover the ecological balance the lake has lost.
The move will strengthen the bond among the bodies who love to preserve the original look of the Waithou Lake, said convenor of JCCWB, Romesh Ningthoujam while expressing a strong hope to see birds which used to feed at the lake will start returning once the ecosystem become viable.
He also urged all to join hands and work collectively in restoring the ecosystems of lakes in the State while stating that similar activities of releasing fries will be carried out at other lakes too.