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An Assessment of Aquatic Biodiversity of River Bagmati Nepal

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Abstract

Bagmati is the most important river of the Kathmandu valley. It is the symbol of civilization and watched sacred in Hindu religion. An assessment were done in 2012-2013 in five sites of Bagmati in Kathmandu valley which revealed that the river is totally polluted with bacteria, aquatic flora and fauna and with sewage. The main tributary of the river system, Bagmati has been destroyed by pollution, the water is black and poisonous, crawling with flies and contaminated with sewage. In absence of proper plans the river’s environment is under intense degradation for last couple of decades. The degradation thus depicts the degradation of the civilization within the river valley. Thus there is an urgent to address the river for its longer life both by public and government.

DOI 10.11648/j.eeb.20160102.15
Published in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (Volume 1, Issue 2, October 2016)
Page(s) 35-40
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Keywords

Zooplankton, Phytoplankton, Protozoans, Algae and Fungi, Macro Invertebrates

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  • Department of Zoology, Trichandra Multiple Campus, Kathmandu, Nepal

  • Agriculture Botany Division Khumaltar, Nepal Agricultural Research Council, Lalitpur, Nepal

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