Rautahat local unit battles to save Mardhar wetland

Chandrapur Municipality mulls legal action to cancel land ownership of individuals who currently hold certificates for half of the wetland area.

Mardhar wetland in ward 8 of Chandrapur Municipality is believed to have spread over 100 bigha (67.73 hectare) of land. However, over the decades, the wetland area shrunk due to human error and poor judgment of the government in allocating public land to individuals during the (pre-1990) Panchayat era.