The marshes of East Kolkata Wetlands, an unique ecosystem that serves as the mega city’s low-carbon waste disposal and sewage treatment network, is being rapidly filled up due to an insatiable demand for real estate
The wetlands on the eastern fringe of Kolkata may soon be history if more and more buildings keep coming up there. This will destroy…Read More
A plan to build another garbage dump in East Kolkata Wetlands and changing rules of land use could hasten the decay of this unique Ramsar site that acts as a carbon sink to the metropolis
A proposal to develop another site inside the East Kolkata Wetlands for solid waste disposal and by the state government to make changes in land use have raised concerns…Read More
India will add more than 200 million people to its cities in the next 15 years, putting a great strain on wetlands unless urban planning urgently deals with the imminent crisis
The latest annual Economic Survey by the Finance Ministry presented data that included the rapid pace of urbanisation, indicating that the wetlands in the country are headed for a crisis…Read More
On the eve of World Wetlands Day, here’s a look at the state of the east Kolkata wetlands, a unique ecosystem that serves as the mega city’s waste disposal and sewage treatment network, but is being rapidly filled up due to an insatiable demand for real estate
The wetlands on the eastern fringe of Kolkata may soon be history…Read More
The National Green Tribunal has asked for an accounting of the amount of wastewater released into the Kolkata wetlands, raising a glimmer of hope for the unique ecosystem struggling for survival in the backyard of India’s eastern metropolis
How much difference could a foot of water possibly make? For thousands of fishermen and vegetable farmers in the East Kolkata Wetlands…Read More
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