Lesser whistling duck outnumbered all other birds sighted during recent water birds census conducted across the Loktak lake, the largest fresh water body in the North East. The Lesser whistling duck is followed by cattle egret, gadwall, common moorhen and common teal, according to the census 2014 of the Manipur …
Lesser whistling duck outnumbered all other birds sighted during recent water birds census conducted across the Loktak lake, the largest fresh water body in the North East. The Lesser whistling duck is followed by cattle egret, gadwall, common moorhen and common teal, according to the census 2014 of the Manipur …
Anti–dam protestors from all over the North Eastern state converged at Mairaing, West Khasi Hills to led thier support to the the Indigenous Biodiversity and Social Welfare Organisation (IBSWO) campaign against the Assam Government intention to construct a dam on River Khri (called Dron River in Assam) in Meghalaya. The …
Loktak freshwater lake has been their source of living for generations Protesting eviction, fishermen of the Loktak lake in Manipur have decided to fight for their rights. A meeting of fishermen and their family members, held on the Thanga islet on Sunday, condemned the “insensitive decision” of the government which …
IMPHAL: The Loktak Development Authority(LDA) has warned the people against consumption of fish which is being caught using insecticides in general and Hildan in particular. A spokesperson of the PDA, T Ibobi in a statement said that an official team has established that the fishermen have been using these poisons …
Imphal: The majestic Loktak Lake in Manipur is being cleared of all floating fishing huts that have mushroomed encroaching upon the core zone of the wetland. “We have given them a notice to vacate the lake and have also given them a proper compensation package. Those who are not accepting …
IMPHAL: As a part of preserving the ecological balance in the Loktak, the biggest natural lake in Eastern Indian, the officials of the Loktak Development Authority (LDA) have started forcing the fishermen to burn their thatched shacks constructed on the floating bio-mass. According to the Manipur Loktak Lake (Protection) Act, …
Imphal: The Loktak hydro-electric power project, commissioned three decades back, has reached electricity to thousands, but robbed thousand others of their livelihood. The Loktak lake, which has to have water to the optimum, often causes flash flood in the agricultural land on its periphery, turning them into swamps unfit for …
There will be no more public hearings on Loktak Downstream project as villagers have expressed their opinion in its favour after the first and the only hearing was held at Thangal village of Tamenglong yesterday. A statement was signed jointly by Tamenglong deputy commissioner K. Panmei and member secretary of …
Plankton samples collected from Loktak Lake (a Ramsar site) during November 2002-October 2004 revealed 51 species of Cladocera belonging to 28 genera and 7 families. Loktak lake holds the richest Cladocera biodiversity known from any individual aquatic ecosystem of India, so far.
the Manipur government recently tabled the Manipur Loktak Lake (Protection) Bill, 2006, in the state assembly to protect the lake from degradation. The bill is likely be passed in the ongoing budget session. Together with this, the state government also sent the Planning Commission a Rs 400 crore-proposal for the …
Surely chunks of solid earth on which we stand cannot drift easily about the surface of a water body. But floating islands do indeed exist on six of the seven continents and sometimes in the oceans between them. These islands are kept buoyant by the light spongy tissues of certain …
toxic taint: Green Indian seedless grapes have been taken off supermarket shelves in Belgium following the detection of high levels of pesticide residues in the product in the Netherlands recently. The Belgian Food Safety Authority took this decision over fears of high chemical residue levels, leading to stomach cramps in …
ONLY one of their kind in the world, the future of Manipur's floating islands is threatened by a power project in Loktak Lake at Keibul Lamjao. The area was declared the world's only floating national park in March 1997 and is the lone habitat of an endangered deer species. A …
