No Boats In Bhopal's Upper Lake, Orders Green Tribunal
NDTV
The order came after environmentalist Subhash Pandey approached the tribunal, highlighting that a cruise vessel has been permitted in the "Bhoj wetland" by the Madhya Pradesh government.
The National Green Tribunal has ordered that cruise boats and other motor propelled boats stop operating in the Upper lake in Bhopal. The order came after environmentalist Subhash Pandey approached the tribunal, highlighting that a cruise vessel has been permitted in the "Bhoj wetland" by the Madhya Pradesh government.
The wetland is also a Ramsar site with international importance and has two lakes -- Upper lake, also called Bhojtal (Bada Talaab) and Lower Lake or Chhota Talaab.
Spread over about 31 km, the Upper Lake is an important source of drinking water for the city. About 12 lakh people of Bhopal are dependent on this water body.
