For decades, 59-year-old Oinam Rajen Singh has made a living by fishing in Manipur’s Loktak Lake. The freshwater lake in Bishnupur district is known for its phums, or densely packed, floating masses ...

Offbeat Places in Manipur: Loktak Lake is The Only Floating Lake in The World And It's Amazeballs! (Picture Source: Discover Northeast Company/Twitter) Offbeat Places in Manipur: The pristine Loktak ...

Nestled in the valley of Manipur, Loktak Lake is the largest freshwater lake in northeast India. It is a Ramsar-designated wetland of international importance and home to the last wild population of ...

A fisher casts their net in Loktak Lake. Recent floods – on the rise due to climate change – washed silt, sewage, plastic and other debris into the lake. | Ningthoujam Victor via Dialogue Earth Loktak ...

Loktak Lake is, without a doubt, one of the most iconic features in northeast India. From floating islands called phumdis and rare and endangered wildlife to cultural richness and scenic beauty, there ...

The Loktak Development Authority has started demolishing from Monday several stay homes and other facilities in the Loktak lake which is the largest freshwater lake in the Northeast, officials said.

These islands are big, spongy, saucer-shaped hunks of vegetation, soil, and vegetation-rotting-into-soil, and fully 80 percent of their mass lies below the waterline, much like an iceberg. That’s deep ...