Chandigarh: The Wetland Chandigarh authority under the leadership of the Governor of Punjab-cum-UT Administrator V P Singh Badnore has given ahead to the world’s broad funds for Nature (WWF) to prepare an integrated management plan for Sukhna wetlands.
“The Chairman and Member of the Chandigarh Wetland Authority Law in a unanimous voice approved the world’s broad funds for Nature (WWF), New Delhi, to prepare an integrated management plan of Sukhna’s wetland, according to the agreement on March 25, 2021,” according to minutes from the recent authority meeting this.
The Department of Forest and Wildlife has signed an agreement with WWF to prepare for the Sukhna Wetland Management Plan in a period of time determined until March 2022.
The department has sent the basic information needed by WWF and is in the preparation process.
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WWF in December last year submitted a road map for Lake Sukhna management plan.
A senior art official said that WWF had agreed to prepare Sukhna management plans.
WWF will not charge anything to prepare plans because they are knowledge partners with UT to declare Sukhna as a wetland, he added.
ADMN has been seeking WWF assistance in 2019 November 2019 Administration has been seeking NGO assistance.
Pandemics and Kuncian have delayed plans.
Under the proposal, WWF will provide overall technical support, including reviews and analysis of all existing knowledge, information, and data.
In addition, the WWF team will also conduct field surveys, including Avian surveys, the rapid assessment of the assessment of wetland ecosystem services (Rawes) and socio-economic surveys.
Roadmap also includes designing stakeholder involvement and conducting stakeholder consultation; Capacity building program for main stakeholders of wetland conservation; And the preparation of different chapters of integrated management plans (IMP) and finalization of plans.
The plan will help UT to regulate and control activities, such as boating, including the number and type of boat and their timing; Trekking in Sukhna Sanctuary; Facilities for tourists inside and around the lake; Desilting; Availability of water if poor rainfall; Migration Bird Management; fish catching; and lake maintenance.