East Kolkata Wetlands Management Authority

he city. The NGO, People United for Better Living in Calcutta (PUBLIC) filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) in the Calcutta High Court arguing for the importance of the wetlands. In 1992, Hon'ble Justice Umesh Chandra Banerjee on this matter gave a landmark judgment which goes into the definition of wetlands and also mentioned that wetland should be preserved and no interference or reclamation should be permitted. On 19th August, 2002 these wetlands were included in the RAMSAR list of "Wetlands of International Importance." EKW is selected "on account of their international significance in terms of ecology, botany, zoology, limnology, or hydrology" (www.ramsar.org). For conservation and better management of the EKW, the Government of West Bengal enacted the East Kolkata Wetlands (Conservation and Management) Act, 2006 which paved way for establishment of the East Kolkata Wetlands Management Authority (EKWMA). The EKWMA, a Statutory Authority under Department of Environment, Government of West Bengal, is regulating the activities within the EKW for its wise use. This page is here to spread awareness about the necessity of conservation of EKW and to get support from larger community for its preservation. This page also encourages people to share their opinion and thought about better management of EKW. For any query feel free to drop a message. We look forward to see your views and feedback. However, the EKWMA is not to be responsible for comments posted on this page by readers. All users must comply with the social media platform’s Terms of Use and we also reserve the right to delete inappropriate, abusive, pejorative and personal comments, hate speech etc. We will block, moderate and/or report user(s) whose post content we believe to be abusive or obscene, deceptive or misleading, violation of any law and/or regulation. You are wholly responsible for any content you post including content that you choose to share on this page.