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below. It may be noted here that the lentic bodies
in Mizoram have not been repeated under highaltitude lakes in Chap. 6 .
20.2.10.1 Tamdil
Tamdil (Plate 20.50 ) is one of the very few perennial lentic bodies in Mizoram situated at a distance of c 40 km away from Aizawl City. The
‘lentic bodies’ are generally called by the word
‘lake’ in the hills of India. It lies between 92 and
93° N and 22 and 24° E. It has a maximum length,
breadth and depth of 0.73 km, 0.10 km and 6.5 m,
respectively. It has a water spread area of c
12.0 ha at FSL. It receives water mainly during
the monsoon months from the surrounding catchment. There is no major inlet or outlet of the lake
except few drains. This lake is under the joint
management of departments of Fisheries and
Tourism of the Govt. of Mizoram. In Tamdil, the
land use pattern involves mainly pisciculture and
horticulture, poultry farming and some amount of
cattle farming. There is much amount of naturally
occurring farm forestry and support area of forests
around these wetlands. However, there is not
enough of grazing in view of not a big population
of cattle being available. Concomitantly, the
amount of pasture land is also limited. As in the
case of other wetlands, not much effort has been
seen in the reclammation of the wetlands. The
source of pollutants in these wetlands is mainly
horticultural wastes and refuges as well as
domestic sewage from the surrounding human
habitations. The nature of pollutants includes
mainly the phosphate and nitrate compounds.
However, in view of lesser number of human
settlements, the amount of pollutants released is
expected to be not much (Kar 1998 ).
20.2.10.2 Rihdil
Rihdil (Plate 20.51 ) is a lake located in Myanmar,
just about 3 km from the Indian border, and is
associated with Mizo folklore, where the departed
souls are believed to have made their passage
before they go to their eternal abodes. Zokhawthar
is the last Indian village at the Indo-Myanmar
border. A bridge at the border has two colours,
namely , white half belongs to India and the red
half belongs to Myanmar. The people around the
lake could speak in Mizo language. Rihkhawdar
is the village near Rihdil. This lentic body is not
Plate 20.50 Tam Dil
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below. It may be noted here that the lentic bodies
in Mizoram have not been repeated under highaltitude lakes in Chap. 6 .
20.2.10.1 Tamdil
Tamdil (Plate 20.50 ) is one of the very few perennial lentic bodies in Mizoram situated at a distance of c 40 km away from Aizawl City. The
‘lentic bodies’ are generally called by the word
‘lake’ in the hills of India. It lies between 92 and
93° N and 22 and 24° E. It has a maximum length,
breadth and depth of 0.73 km, 0.10 km and 6.5 m,
respectively. It has a water spread area of c
12.0 ha at FSL. It receives water mainly during
the monsoon months from the surrounding catchment. There is no major inlet or outlet of the lake
except few drains. This lake is under the joint
management of departments of Fisheries and
Tourism of the Govt. of Mizoram. In Tamdil, the
land use pattern involves mainly pisciculture and
horticulture, poultry farming and some amount of
cattle farming. There is much amount of naturally
occurring farm forestry and support area of forests
around these wetlands. However, there is not
enough of grazing in view of not a big population
of cattle being available. Concomitantly, the
amount of pasture land is also limited. As in the
case of other wetlands, not much effort has been
seen in the reclammation of the wetlands. The
source of pollutants in these wetlands is mainly
horticultural wastes and refuges as well as
domestic sewage from the surrounding human
habitations. The nature of pollutants includes
mainly the phosphate and nitrate compounds.
However, in view of lesser number of human
settlements, the amount of pollutants released is
expected to be not much (Kar 1998 ).
20.2.10.2 Rihdil
Rihdil (Plate 20.51 ) is a lake located in Myanmar,
just about 3 km from the Indian border, and is
associated with Mizo folklore, where the departed
souls are believed to have made their passage
before they go to their eternal abodes. Zokhawthar
is the last Indian village at the Indo-Myanmar
border. A bridge at the border has two colours,
namely , white half belongs to India and the red
half belongs to Myanmar. The people around the
lake could speak in Mizo language. Rihkhawdar
is the village near Rihdil. This lentic body is not
Plate 20.50 Tam Dil
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