Chilika scripts success story but fishers face challenges
On World Wetlands Day, it is heartening to note that Chilika Lake has been transformed into one of the healthiest wetlands in India, but local fishers are facing a livelihoods crisis
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Best of 2017: Realty chokes Kolkata wetlands
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
Wetlands retreat before onslaught of urbanisation
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
Realty chokes Kolkata wetlands
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
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