ASAN | Uttarakhand’s First Ramsar Site

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Located in the Dehradun district, the Asan Conservation Reserve is the 38th Ramsar site in India and first in the state of Uttarakhand. It is a human-made wetland, which has resulted due to the Asan B...
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Located in the Dehradun district, the Asan Conservation Reserve is the 38th Ramsar site in India and first in the state of Uttarakhand. It is a human-made wetland, which has resulted due to the Asan Barrage being put in place in 1967. The barrage, fed by the Asan River and several minor discharge channels of Yamuna, supports myriad endangered species of birds including two waterbird species—red-cr...
To fight the problem of water scarcity and to provide equitable access to drinking water, the Central and State governments have undertaken several schemes. We present a review of a few current schemes and how they have impacted the lives of common people.