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Dying Deepor Beel: Pondering the Plastic Plague

Deepar beel is a Ramsar Site and wetland as per the Ramsar Convention. The irretrievable damage of the priceless environmental resources has endangered biodiversity, broken ecological chains, changed the terrain, geography, affected local livelihood, conflicted with the indigenous way of life.

Overall, this has posed questions about the efficacy of domestic laws, institutions and practices adhering to Ramsar norms.