September 15
Friday, September 23, 2011
WHO MESSED GUWAHATI? - INDIA
The 24-ha municipal dump yard lies on the eastern corner of Deepor, a biodiversity-rich wetland in Assam. The dump yard came up in 2005, three years after Deepor was declared a Ramsar site with 40 km2 area. Now, only 10 km2 remains. On its southern end, a crucial elephant corridor and habitat of the hoolock gibbon occur. Pollution and improper sewerage blocked the rain water flow into the Bramhaputra as the city never had a sewage treatment plan.
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