Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 23 : Pradesh Youth Congress general secretary R S Pathania has called for a greater civilian initiative for saving the fast-deteriorating Mansar lake.
Addressing the people living around the lake, he sought to aware the people over continuously receeding water level of Mansar and increasing contamination threatening the flora and fauna. Unplanned construction and incessant deforestation around the lake have threatened the very sustainability of the lake which possesses immense historic, religious, aesthetic, scientific, research-driven and scientific importance significance, he added and appealed people to shift the cremation ground from the banks of Mansar lake.
The Youth Congress leader also criticized the State Government for its discriminatory attitude towards the Mansar lake. Although crores have been officially spent on beautification/preservation of the historic lake, least is visible on ground, he added.
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