World Wetlands Day celebrated at Kulgam

Kulgam : World Wetlands Day was Wednesday celebrated in Kulgam with a theme ‘Wetlands Action for People and Nature’.
In this connection, the District Administration Kulgam in Collaboration with Forest Division Kulgam and Rural Development Department Wednesday organized awareness program and kick started cleanliness Drive in and around the water bodies with a message to all segments of society to save the wetlands and restore the degraded ones to restore the pristine glory of these wetlands.
DFO Kulgam on the occasion said that World Wetlands Day is celebrated each year on February 2nd to raise awareness about wetlands and this day also marks the anniversary of the Convention on Wetlands, which was adopted as an international treaty in 1971.
He added that Wetlands are extremely significant and sensitive ecosystems and help a wide variety of plant and animal life to thrive in their ecosystem.