The Chilika Development Authority (CDA) in association with the Grow with Nature organised a stakeholders’ meeting at Kadalibadi gram panchayat on October 29 to save the Ansupa lake.
Sarpanch, Samiti Member, fishers’ unions, cooperative bodies, Anganwadi, community resource persons, farmers and other prominent people of the panchayat took part in the meeting and stressed on taking long term restoration and conservation measures to protect the lake’s biodiversity.
ACFs Binod Acharya and Rasmi Choudhury and RO Satyabrata Pradhan explained the importance of Ansupa for the community. Chairman, GROW with Nature, Gayatri Devi urged the people to actively participate in the lake conservation initiatives.