The Indian government has set up its first floating laboratory on a fibre glass boat and housed it in the remote Loktak Lake in the eastern state of...
{"Image ImageDescription": "LOKTAK LAKE, MANIPUR, INDIA - MARCH 18:  The Indian government has set up its first floating laboratory on a fibre glass boat and housed it in the remote Loktak Lake in the eastern state of Manipur. An all women crew analyses the waters of this 300 square kilometre lake, estimating the pollution load on the lake as more than 100,000 people depend for their livelihood on the lake. Locals make PHUMDIS or circular rings of floating vegetation in the middle of the lake and these then used to farm fish. Some locals even live on these floating islands.  Dr Dinabandhu Sahoo, (seen in black T-shirt) and Director, Institute of Bio-resources and Sustainable Development, Imphal, Manipur is man who conceived the idea to have floating laboratory. It has been made ready at cost less than $ 10,000 and routinely patrols the fresh waters of this vast lake. A part of the lake also houses the unique floating conservation reserve the Keibul Lamjao National Park home to the endangered Brow Antlered Deer or Sangai deer also called Rucervus eldii eldii . (Photo by Pallava Bagla/Corbis via Getty Images)", "Image Copyright": "PALLAVA BAGLA"}