The Guwahati Metropolitan Development Authority’s plan to construct a water treatment plant on Borsola Beel has sparked protests from conservationists and residents. Conservationists are urging the chief minister to intervene and protect the wetland.
Assam wetlands need protection
The green signal given by Union Home Minister Amit Shah to the North East Space Application Centre (NESAC) and the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO)
| 2021-07-26T10:15:27+05:30
The green signal given by Union Home Minister Amit Shah to the North East Space Application Centre (NESAC) and the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) to conduct a joint study during the monsoon on the scope of diverting the water of the Brahmaputra to the 5902 sq km wetlands in Assam which cover over 5900 sq km area, is very big news. Assam s both valleys comprise a large number of wetlands – fresh-water lakes (beels), ox-bow lakes (era-suti), marshy tracts and pukhuris, which together constitute an amazing and unique ecosystem. Leaving aside the area occupied by rivers, Assam has over 3,500 wetlands as identified by Assam Remote Sensing Application Centre a few years ago. Of these again, 861 are ox-bow lakes or cut-off meanders (era-suti). All these, in