The Hindu Business Line : The lost lagoon?

Fishermen cast their nets for shrimps at the Chilika Lake in the Ganjam district of Orissa. The Chilika Lake is the largest lagoon on the east coast. The 116,500-hectare brackish lagoon is separated from the Bay of Bengal by a long sandy ridge. Because of serious degradation due to siltation and choking of the seawater inlet channel, fish productivity has decreased and there is an overall loss of biodiversity in the lake, which is classified as an endangerd eco-site. In addition to its importance for water birds (over one million migratory birds winter there) and bio-diversity in general, significant numbers of people are dependent upon the lake's resources. The Chilika Development Authority has implemented a programme to restore the ecosystem and to improve the socio-economic conditions of the communities living around the lagoon and on its islands. One of the major interventions was the desiltation of the channel connecting the lagoon to the sea and opening of a new mouth to restore the natural flows of water and salinity levels.

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