LUCKNOW, Feb. 2 -- An awareness campaign and cleanliness drive was carried out at Hulas Khera wetland, also known as Karela Jheel, in Mohanlalganj tehsil, on Sunday, as part of World Wetlands Day observances.

The programme was organised by the Gomti Task Force (GTF) of the 137 Composite Ecological Task Force Battalion (Territorial Army) 39 Gorkha Rifles, in collaboration with the department of environmental science of Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University (BBAU). Students, research scholars, faculty members, GTF personnel and local villagers took part in the exercise.

Speakers at the event underlined the ecological role of wetlands, which are increasingly under pressure due to encroachment, waste dumping and unchecked human activity. Pr...