#kolleru

YELLOW WAGTAIL by pratik_acharya2015

YELLOW WAGTAIL by pratik_acharya2015 Source: http://bit.ly/2ASJ8on

Kolleru Lake (Telugu: కొల్లేరు సరస్సు) is the largest freshwater lake in India. It is located between Krishna and Godavari delta, Andhra Pradesh, India. Kolleru spans into two districts – Krishna and West Godavari. The lake serves as a natural flood-balancing reservoir for these two rivers.  The lake is fed directly by water from the seasonal Budameru and Tammileru streams, and is connected to the Krishna and Godavari systems by over 68 inflowing drains and channels. The lake was an important habitat for an estimated 20 million resident and migratorybirds, including the Grey or Spot-billed Pelican (Pelecanus Philippines). The lake was notified as a wildlife sanctuary in November 1999 under India’s Wildlife Protection Act of 1972, and designated a wetland of international importance in November 2002 under the international Ramsar Convention. The wildlife sanctuary covers an area of 308 km. Fishing tanks and aquaculture ponds have ruined nearly 3/4th of the landscape. Someday, the return of the pelican shall not happen.