Lucknow, Feb. 3 -- Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday emphasised on the ecological importance of natural wetlands and said that many of them are suffering due to encroachment.
Addressing an event at Gonda on the occasion of World Wetlands Day, themed "Wetland Future, Our Future", the Chief Minister said natural wetlands are vital for our ecosystem.
They play a key role in groundwater conservation, irrigation, drinking water availability, flood and drought control and carbon storage, he said.
Wetlands also play an important role in conservation of aquatic ecosystem-dependent vegetation, wild animals, migratory and local birds and provide food, medicine, livelihood, as well as income resources, he said.
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