{"id":30769,"date":"2018-10-26T18:09:38","date_gmt":"2018-10-26T12:39:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=30769"},"modified":"2018-10-26T18:09:38","modified_gmt":"2018-10-26T12:39:38","slug":"the-ecologically-subsidised-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/the-ecologically-subsidised-city\/","title":{"rendered":"The ecologically subsidised city"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/todays-paper\/tp-opinion\/the-ecologically-subsidised-city\/article22972481.ece\"><b>The ecologically subsidised city<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Context:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kolkata\u2019s wetland conservation and ecological importance<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Rural ecological reference:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A renowned environmentalist discovered that kolkatas waste water is detained in shallow water bodies which serve as oxidation ponds because of the presence of algae.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Under the open tropical sun<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ghosh discovered that water undergoes change, getting comprehensively treated and cleaned as the bacteria disintegrate and the algae proliferate, serving as food for fish.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The treated water is used by villagers in the area to grow vegetables and paddy.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Significance of discovery:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is considered a remarkable ecological wisdom on the part of largely illiterate villagers, based on knowledge of local conditions and wetland hydrology.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Ramsar site:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 125 sq km area of the wetlands were recognised internationally in 2002 as a \u2018Ramsar site due to the efforts of Ghosh.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>World\u2019s largest organic sewage treatment plant:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kolkata is fortunate to be home to the world\u2019s largest organic \u2018sewage treatment plant\u2019, the wetlands.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unobserved by the rest of the world, sun-fed algae and the bacteria in the sewage perform this wondrous function.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The capacity to treat 750 million litres of wastewater per day. In monetary terms it would be over $25 billion (Rs. 162,500 crore) annually.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These wetlands are also home to a wide variety of aquatic life, vegetation, and hundreds of species of birds<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>UN Millennium Ecosystem Assessment<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2005, the UN Millennium Ecosystem Assessment found ecological degradation to be more prominent within wetlands than any other ecosystem on Earth.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ecologically subsidised city Context: \u00a0Kolkata\u2019s wetland conservation and ecological importance Rural ecological reference: \u00a0A renowned environmentalist discovered that kolkatas waste water is detained in shallow water bodies which serve as oxidation ponds because of the presence of algae. 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