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Kanjli Wetlands

Kapurthala, Punjab 144602, India

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Place Types Art gallery
Address Kapurthala, Punjab 144602, India
Coordinate 31.4123387,75.3790319
Website Unknown
Rating 3.5
Compound Code C96H+WJ Kapurthala, Punjab, India

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Parajdeep Singh Dhillon (10/14/2020)

I've never seen such a polluted place hyped up as a wetland before. This place has no business being called a Wetland or a Ramsar site. Dirty, polluted and choking with water hyacinths and religious debris. The rivulet is venerated as the water body in which Guru Nanak Dev Ji attained enlightenment. But the way it has been allowed to be polluted and ignored by public and government, no one can imagine anyone getting into this water body today, let alone attain any sort of spiritual fulfillment. As for the migratory birds, there were none.nnThis place left me appalled, disillusioned and dismayed at the state of affairs of ecologically and religiously important places in Punjab.nnAvoid going - there's nothing to see.

Guru Kirpa (06/12/2020)

Only wetland in Kapurthala,nIt was created in 1870 by constructing headwork across perennialnRiver also called Kali Bien river. It is a tributary of Beas..nA lake is created behind headwork. There is also ⛵ boating facility. The cost of boating is very low. There is also ticket system for boating. There is a lot of free parking. A number of variety plants . It is situated on Amritsar Road. Always transit facility available .Cannal also dug for irrigation. I enjoyed boating many times. But there is not any Dhaba or restaurant near by so you can have your own Tiffin.

Bal Aman (03/12/2020)

Nice place very nice view good location for photography

Rakesh Yadav (02/11/2020)

Kanjli Wetland, a man made Wetland, which subsumes the Kanjli Lake, located in the Kapurthala district of Punjab state in India, was created in 1870 by constructing the headworks across the perennial Bien River, a tributary of the Beas River to provide irrigation facilities to the hinterland. The rich biodiversity of the wetland comprising aquatic, mesophytic and terrestrial flora and fauna including some important species of plants and animals was recognized internationally by the Ramsar Convention in 2002 by designating the Kanjli Lake in the List of Wetlands of International Importance.[2] In this context, it is reported that the Punjab State which has 14 wetlands covering an area of 225.76 km2 (2% of the geographical area of the State) has the unique position of three of its wetlands viz., the Kanjli Wetland covering an area of 490 ha of which the Kanjli Lake water spread is 184 ha), the Harike Wetland (4100 ha) and the Ropar Wetland (1365 ha) chosen by the Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoE&F), Government of India for their conservation and management are now also included in the Ramsar list covering a total area of 5650 ha; Kanjli is upstream of Harike wetland located in the Beas river basin while the Ropar wetland is in the Roopnagar district.[3][4]