East Kolkata Wetlands, located within the city limits of Bidhannagar, lies across the southern part of the city. It is one of the two Ramsar sites in West Bengal, the other being the Sundarban Wetland .

2016年3月27日 · Bidhannagar, the most important satellite township of the city of Kolkata is situated on the eastern edge of the city. Bidhannagar, earlier known as Salt Lake (“Laban Hrad”), is started as a...

There are two State-owned Fisheries in the East Kolkata Wetlands. One is the Goltala SFDC and the other is Nalban SFDC. Since these fisheries are run by the State Fisheries Development Corporation, their management pattern is similar to that of other state-run corporations.

2022年9月1日 · The East Kolkata Wetlands (EKW) is located on the eastern periphery of the city of Kolkata and extends up to the Bidyadhari-Matla River confluence. It is a Ramsar Site and acts as an absorber basin for a large number of contaminants drained from Kolkata.

2022年7月16日 · The East Kolkata Wetlands (EKW) is located on the eastern periphery of the city of Kolkata and extends up to the Bidyadhari-Matla River confluence. It is a Ramsar Site and acts as an absorber...

2020年1月21日 · The Rs 21-crore project will be implemented in 55 acres of land near Mollar Bheri, a shallow fishery located in the East Kolkata Wetlands, that has seen a 12-feet-high mountain of waste build up over the years.

„East Kolkata Wetlands‟, outlining its various geographical, biophysical and socio-economic aspects including information on climate, hydrological regime, geological and soil conditions, and background on dominant vegetation and fauna of East Kolkata Wetland along with presenting deeper insights to general information on

2024年3月24日 · Construction activities are barred in the East Kolkata Wetlands — which were declared a Ramsar Site in 2002 — and act as the city’s kidneys and treat sewage naturally. The Wetlands, used for pisciculture, have a complex ecological balance as they support several hundred varieties of flora and fauna.

2023年11月9日 · The east Kolkata wetlands are a unique urban ecosystem for waste management and food provisioning in peri-urban Kolkata, one of India’s largest metropolitan cities. Using archival data, dating back to colonial times (mid-eighteenth century), secondary data on land use changes and in-depth interviews, we map the changes in perception and use ...

2017年6月23日 · The areas bordering Salt Lake, like Khasmahal and Chhainabi, that are part of the East Calcutta Wetlands are seeing rapid illegal construction that poses a threat to the ecological balance, an official said.