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Water Body Rejuvenation or Deterioration

 India has implemented the World Lake Vision, developed by the International Lake Environment Committee (#ilec), #japan, in collaboration with the United Nations Environment Programme (#unep), for the sustainable use of Lakes and Reservoirs in the Bhoj Wetlands, Chilika Lake, Lake Hussainsagar, Powai Lake, Lonar Lake, and Ujjani Reservoir. After more than a decade, nearly all the identified problems of inflow of #sewage and #wastewater, along with immersion of Idols/Tazis, have been constraint sustainability by upgrading capacities of the existing #sewagetreatmentplant, installing new sewage treatment plants, shifting or providing dedicated locations for immersion, and installing #biological fencing. However, the problem of #algae blooms due to the eutrophication of lakes still requires prime focus from the #governmentofindia. The #sustainablesolution to the said problem was to promote #organicfarming. Howeve...