🔆Vembanad Lake
✅ Why In News: Vembanad lake, is shrinking and its unique biodiversity is under threat of ecological decay despite it being declared as a Ramsar site 20 years ago
✅Environmental Degradations: the lake is facing serious environmental degradation
✅Causes: recurring floods, increased pollution, reduction in water spread area and increased weed growth
Bunds on the lake were crumbling at certain places, making fishing difficult and on top of that the lake requires regular dredging and desilting.
✅Tourism poses a threat to the ecology nd the water quality of the lake. Resorts and residences discharge their waste into the river and many houseboats do not have bio-toilets.
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