IMPHAL, Feb 2 MNS NNN:As held in others, world wetland observation organized by Peoples awareness for national advancement was held at Lamphelpat today.
Gracing the occasion as chief guest, N. Biren, MLA said we should think for the future generation.
If Lamphelpat is made as water body as usual, the flood problem in Imphal city will be decreased.
The flood in and around of Lamphelpat is caused due to the ecological imbalance.
Instead of developing Lamphelpat, the construction now taken up has become a hurdle in saving the lake. We have to do sincerely, he also further said.
Environmentalists spoke on the issue of wetland. Loktak Development Authority (LDA) has on Saturday proposed that maintaining of rivers, which are main sources of water for Loktak Lake, is necessary in order to save the largest freshwater lake in North East India.
Addressing the World Wetland Day 2013 observation function held at Khordak Junior High School complex in Bishnupur district, LDA Project Coordinator Ng Sanajaoba underscored the need for proper maintaining of rivers in the state which are main sources of water for Loktak Lake.
The observation was jointly organized by LDA, Sangai Protection Forum, Keibul Lamjao,, Environmental Social Information, Keibul Lamjao, Unique Wild Life Protection Committee, Sekmaijin and Centre for Conservation of Nature and Cultivation of Science, Ningthoukhong.
This year’s edition of the International Wetland Day was observed under the theme “Wetland Take Care of Water.”
Giving the keynote address, Sanajaoba said, “Maintenance of water sources of Loktak Lake was utmost necessary on top of the range of steps being taken up by different NGOs in Manipur for the upbringing of the lake, but that in line with that the LDA has started taking up steps under a new plan called River Basin Management.”
He said that initially a few environmentalists and individuals worked hard to save the lake with their own efforts, but that now more or less the people had willingly joined to save it.
He also alerted that parts of the lake like Pumlen, Khoidum, Ikop and Kharung were getting worse day by day and these watercourses of the lake might vanish soon.
February 2 is observed as International Wetland Day across the globe every year since the resolution taken at the International Wetlands Convention held at Ramsar in Iran in 1972.
Loktak has also been officially included in International Wetland Ramsar Site.Thanga constituency MLA T Mangibabu, LDA Project Director Th Ibobi, Moirang Khunou Zillad Parishad member N Indira Devi, Thanga Zilla Parishad member N Dinesh, Uchiwa Zilla Parishad member O Borni Devi among others also attended the function.
The day was also observed in different parts of the state.
Read more / Original news source: http://manipur-mail.com/world-wetland-day/
