{"id":29234,"date":"2025-09-11T10:13:31","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T04:43:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=29234"},"modified":"2025-09-11T12:23:31","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T06:53:31","slug":"vembanad-lake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/vembanad-lake\/","title":{"rendered":"Vembanad Lake"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Vembanad Lake<\/b> <b>Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, it is observed that unchecked tourism, luxury houseboats, and decades of encroachment are pushing Vembanad Lake into ecological crisis.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Vembanad Lake<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vemband is the <\/span><b>largest lake in Kerala<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the longest Lake in India.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Other names:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is also known as <\/span><b>Vembanad Kayal, Vembanad Kol, Punnamada Lake<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (in Kuttanad) and Kochi Lake (in Kochi).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Source:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The lake has its source in four rivers<\/span><b>, Meenachil, Achankovil, Pampa and Manimala<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>separated from the Arabian Sea<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by a narrow barrier island and is a popular backwater stretch in Kerala.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Famous Boat race in Lake: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vallam Kali (i.e Nehru Trophy Boat Race) is a <\/span><b>Snake Boat Race<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> held <\/span><b>every year<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the month of August in Vembanad Lake.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2002, it was included in the list of <\/span><b>wetlands of international importance<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, as defined by the <\/span><b>Ramsar Convention.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Government of India has identified this lake under the <\/span><b>National Wetlands Conservation Programme.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>Kumarakom Bird Sanctuary<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is located on the east coast of the lake.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.downtoearth.org.in\/water\/vembanad-lake-keralas-most-photographed-symbol-of-serenity-may-be-scripting-its-own-obituary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DTE<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vembanad Lake is the longest lake in India and the largest in the state of Kerala, stretching approximately 96.5 km in length. 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