Loktak Lake

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•  Recently, the Central Bureau of Communication under its Integrated Communication & Outreach Programme (ICOP) organised the first ever floating photo exhibition at the Loktak Lake in Manipur.

Loktak Lake

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• Loktak Lake is a freshwater lake in the Manipur state of  Northeast India.
• It hosts hundreds of floating islands called Phumdis with multiple plant species and Keibul Lamjao National Park, the only floating national park in the world.
• The park is the last natural refuge of the endangered Sangai (state animal).
• The lake is designated as a wetland of international importance under the Ramsar Convention on 23 March 1990.
• It was also listed under the Montreux Record in 1993, “a record of Ramsar sites where changes in ecological character have occurred, are occurring or are likely to occur”.
• Loktak Day is observed every year on the 15th of October at the periphery of the Loktak lake.

Source: HT