Manipur’s Loktak Lake on the Brink: Rising Pollution Threatens Iconic Wetland
Loktak Lake, the largest freshwater lake in Northeast India and a Ramsar-designated wetland in Manipur, is under severe ecological stress due to worsening water pollution. A recent study by Eliza Khwairakpam (Nagaland University) shows that inflows from nine major rivers—carrying raw sewage, agricultural runoff, saline water intrusion, and heavy silt loads linked to shifting cultivation…