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Water Bodies Facing Threat of Extinction in Assam
The water bodies of the state are facing the threat of extinction. The Experts blame it on poor law enforcement of the state. Assam has around 28 major beels
STAFF REPORTER
GUWAHATI, Jan 16: Water bodies and natural reservoirs in Assam are facing the threat of extinction because of encroachment, siltation, pollution, reclamation, overfishing, and fragmentation among many other factors. Non-enforcement of laws, rules and guidelines by those at the helm of affairs is also worsening the situation.
Assam has 28 major beels and reservoirs, with many facing the extinction threat. Various departments and other authorities have miserably failed to initiate steps for checking the menace of extinction.