New Action Plan For The Protection Of Chilika Lake:
The Odisha government is preparing a new action plan for the protection of Chilika Lake’s biodiversity and the development of its surrounding areas.It is a brackish water lake and a shallow lagoon with estuarine character spread across the districts of Puri, Khurda, and Ganjam in the state of Odisha.
It is Asia’s largest brackish water lake.Located at the mouth of the Daya River, Chilika Lake is the second-largest brackish water lagoon in the world, after the New Caledonian barrier reef in New Caledonia.The waterspread area of Chilika varies between 900 to 1165 sq. km. during summers and monsoons, respectively.It is connected to the Bay of Bengal by a 32 km long and 1.5 km wide channel that mostly runs parallel to the Bay, separated by a narrow spit.
