Silsako lake in Guwahati, Assam is a natural wetland surrounded by areas namely Satgoan, Vip road, Hengrabari Junior College. Till 2005, this lake is a natural habitat of many fish, birds and other aquatic small animals like crab, snail, snake. Its act as a natural water purifier, water reservoir, in addition to the beauty to the adjoining places. Guwahati as a gateway of north east and the development work as a major metro city in India leads to many illegal occupancy by people in forest areas, in wetlands, and in government lands. Silsako lake is the most affected area in guwahati in terms of its shrinkage in area wise, illegal encroachment of wetland areas for residential purpose by people: some even build buildings for renting purpose(commercial activities), garbage dumping. The chief Assam Government agencies/bodies for clean growth of the city are Kamrup metro district administration, guwahati municipal corporation (GMC), guwahati metropolitan development autority (GMDA) which made several attempts to clean up, as eviction drive in silsako lake for two three times to bring down unauthorized construction, seems to be not enough. Still now there is no proper demarcation of the silsalo lake, no development works like tree plantation by the sides of the lake so as to protect from further encroachments or as a barrier between residential areas and the lake are are found. We need to save this lake, because wetlands are not wasteland, it plays an important role in entire ecosystem.
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