HARIKE WETLAND

Jan. 19, 2021

Winter migratory water birds using the central Asian flyway have started making a beeline to Punjab’s Harike wetland, offering a delight for bird lovers.

About:

Harike Wetland also known as "Hari-ke-Pattan", with the Harike Lake in the deeper part of it, is the largest wetland in northern India in the border of Tarn Taran Sahib district and Ferozepur district of Punjab.
The wetland and the lake were formed by constructing the headworks across the Sutlej river in 1953.
The headworks is located downstream of the confluence of the Beas and Sutlej rivers just south of Harike village.
It has been designated as one of the Ramasar sites in India.

Source : The Hindu

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