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Kaliveli Wetlands- Bird Sanctuary
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- Villupuram district administration in Tamil Nadu has issued the first declaration under the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972.
- The declaration was issued in a bid to declare Kaliveli wetlands as a bird sanctuary.
- It will boost their efforts to protect the wetland.
- The Kaliveli Wetlands is the second-largest brackish water lake in South India.
- The first largest is the Pulicat lake.
- The Kaliveli lake is connected to the Bay of Bengal through the Uppukalli Creek and the Edayanthittu sanctuary.
- The Southern part of this wetland was declared a reserved land in the year 2001.
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