{"id":143263,"date":"2020-11-30T00:53:14","date_gmt":"2020-11-29T19:23:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=143263"},"modified":"2020-11-30T00:53:14","modified_gmt":"2020-11-29T19:23:14","slug":"natung-takes-stock-of-ganga-lake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2020\/11\/30\/natung-takes-stock-of-ganga-lake\/","title":{"rendered":"Natung takes stock of Ganga Lake"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Staff Reporter<\/strong><\/p>\n

ITANAGAR, Nov 29:<\/strong> Environment & Forests Minister Mama Natung visited Ganga Lake (Gyekar Sinyi) on Sunday with a view to develop the lake in a sustainable way by promoting ecotourism in a manner consistent with the conservation goals of the area.<\/p>\n

The minister made his maiden visit after the forest department officially took over Ganga Lake from the tourism department on 24 November.<\/p>\n

Natung informed media persons that the lake is being managed and maintained by the Ganga Lake Development Committee, under the tourism department.<\/p>\n

Assessing the badly maintained lake, Natung suggested to the department to “form a society comprising members of nearby villages having customary rights over the forest, and forest department officials.” He said that a self-sustaining revenue generation mechanism should be evolved, and informed that “immediate restoration work of the basic ecotourism infrastructures, including beautification around the lake, will be taken up on priority.”<\/p>\n

The minister asked the principal chief conservator of forests (PCCF) to convene a meeting with officers of other departments also to invite suggestions “for improved protection of this important water body.”<\/p>\n

Natung also informed that staff would be permanently stationed in the lake’s premises for effective and strict maintenance of the lake.<\/p>\n

The minister was accompanied by PCCF RK Singh, Chief Wildlife Warden G Kumar, Deputy Chief Wildlife Warden Tana Tapi, Tourism Information Officer Dalin Tana and senior officers of the environment & forests department.<\/p>\n

Earlier in the morning, Natung launched eco-friendly biodegradable bags – an initiative of online distributor\/shop Dukan Dada – at the state guest house in Itanagar.<\/p>\n

The launching of the eco-friendly and biodegradable bags was supported by the Federation of Arunachal Riders, Green Arunachal and Save Arunachal.<\/p>\n

Natung commended the initiative of Dukan Dada and the Arunachal Riders for promoting eco-friendly bags. “Someone has to initiate good things in the society. I congratulate Dukan Dada team and Arunachal Riders for promoting biodegradable bags,” he said.<\/p>\n

Emphasizing on the environmental impact of plastic bags, the minister informed that the state government is soon going to formulate a policy to ban plastic bags and encourage the use of biodegradable bags.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Staff Reporter ITANAGAR, Nov 29: Environment & Forests Minister Mama Natung visited Ganga Lake (Gyekar Sinyi) on Sunday with a view to develop the lake in a sustainable way by promoting ecotourism in a manner consistent with the conservation goals of the area. The minister made his maiden visit after the forest department officially took […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-143263","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143263","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=143263"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143263\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=143263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=143263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}