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State of the Wetlands
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Description
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On February 12th, the Wetlands and Water Information Centre and a Wetlands park were inaugurated in partnership with Indco Tea Factory in Kattabettu. The Nabard Chairman inaugurated the space, while another wetland in Kotagiri town was about to be converted for a Primary Health Centre. The Rifle Range Wetland, also known as Ubbaranni Haada, was once used for grazing buffaloes. However, land use changes and other communities moving in have reduced the grazing areas, resulting in a reduction in buffalo population. Mr. Raju, a member of the Longwood Shola watchdog committee, has been spearheading campaigns for environmental protection and has been engaging local communities to conserve the wetland. The Keystone Foundation has been engaging local communities to conserve the wetland, which provides drinking water to neighboring areas and is the origin of a stream that flows towards Kottacombai and the Catherine Falls River. Despite repeated calls for conserving wetlands and water bodies, decision-makers have turned a deaf ear to the people's pleas.
