{"id":80169,"date":"2026-03-23T11:26:38","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T05:56:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=80169"},"modified":"2026-03-23T14:56:54","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T09:26:54","slug":"kolleru-lake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/kolleru-lake\/","title":{"rendered":"Kolleru Lake"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Kolleru Lake Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to environmental activists, the Kolleru Lake has suffered a sustained and measurable decline in its ecological health during the last 50 years.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Kolleru Lake<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Location:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is a <\/span><b>shallow lake <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">located <\/span><b>in the state of Andhra Pradesh.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>nestled in the inter-deltaic plain<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of rivers <\/span><b>Krishna and Godavari<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> near the city of Eluru and serves as a natural flood-balancing reservoir for these two rivers.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This lake is also known as the \u201c<\/span><b>Peerless Fisherman\u201ds Paradise and Bird Heaven\u201d.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Water Source:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It receives water from four rivers, namely <\/span><b>Budameru, Ramileru, Tammileru, and Errakalva<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This lake <\/span><b>empties its water into the <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/bay-of-bengal\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bay of Bengal<\/a><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> through an outlet called \u2018upputera\u2019.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The lake was declared as a <\/span><b>wildlife sanctuary in November 1999.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was designated as a <\/span><b>wetland of international importance<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in November 2002 under the International Ramsar Convention.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Fauna:<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It supports over 20 million migratory birds annually, including grey pelicans, painted storks, and open-billed storks.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a haven for species migrating from <\/span><b>Siberia, Central Asia, and the Himalayas<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, making it one of India\u2019s richest avian habitats.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Significance:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The lake is deeply intertwined with local livelihoods, sustaining thousands who depend on fishing, duck farming, and paddy cultivation.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/cities\/Visakhapatnam\/environmental-activist-expresses-concern-at-degradation-of-kolleru-lake\/article70772043.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TH<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kolleru Lake  is a shallow lake located in the state of Andhra Pradesh. 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