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- Dal Lake in Srinagar along with five other famous lakes in Jammu and Kashmir would be declared protected wetlands.
- Wular, Dal, Nigeen lakes in the Kashmir region and Sanasar, Manasbal and Purmandal lakes in the Jammu region are declared as protected wetlands.
- Purmandal lake is also called as Chotta Kashi.
- The decision was taken in the meeting of the Jammu and Kashmir Wetland Authority, chaired by its Chief Secretary.
- Chief Secretary asked the Forest Department to profile various wetlands of Jammu and Kashmir and recommend their notification under,
- Environment Protection Act, 1986 and
- Wetland (Conversation & Management) rules.
- Forest Department is the nodal department for the preparation of digital inventory, documentation and development of a geo-spatial database on wetlands.
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