Chilika Lake now has 33% of India’s seagrass area, says CDA’s annual survey

Irrawaddy dolphins sighted in Chilika. File (Source: The Hindu)

The area of seagrasses, one of bio-indicators of the good health of an ecosystem, was found to be expanding against the declining trend throughout the world, said the Chilika Development Authority (CDA) here.

The CDA, the regulating authority of Chilika — the largest brackish water lake in South Asia — recently carried out an annual flora and fauna survey of the lagoon.