Manipur Loktak Lake: Hydraulic excavators to keep the water body clean
Manipur Loktak Lake: Hydraulic excavators to keep the water body clean
Manipur Loktak Lake
Imphal: The Manipur government has taken serious efforts to preserve and protect the famous Loktak Lake.
Authorities in Manipur will use hydraulic excavators to keep Loktak Lake clean.
A total of 15 hydraulic excavators will be used to clean Loktak lake in Manipur.
Nine of our 15 hydraulic excavators were commissioned by Manipur Chief Minister Baran Singh at a function in Imphal on Monday.
Notably, the cleaning process of Loktak Lake in Manipur has been accelerated after the announcement that two G20 meetings will be held in Manipur.
Manipur Chief Minister Baran Singh said that the state government has set a deadline of February 2023 for cleaning Loktak Lake.
Recently, the Manipur government demolished several homesteads and other ‘illegal’ constructions around Loktak Lake.
Notably, Loktak Lake is the largest freshwater lake – not only in the Northeast but in the entire South Asia.
Last year, Union Minister Bhupendra Yadav had assured the people of Loktak that as per the Integrated Management Plan, the Loktak Lake would be developed to boost the tourism sector of the area.
