The park office has stated that the water level in both natural and artificial lakes within the park has decreased with the heat.
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Wildlife is facing problems as most of the lakes inside Shuklaphanta National Park in Kanchanpur have started drying up. The water level in both natural and artificial lakes inside the park has decreased with the heat, according to the park office.
‘Although lakes are often drying up due to the heat, they are also being filled with water by installing solar panels,’ said Purushottam Wagle, information officer of the park. ‘The water level in lakes other than Shikari Lake within the park has been decreasing significantly.’
He said that lakes including Baba Lake, Rani Lake, and Salgaudi Lake have started drying up. ‘The problem arises when wild elephants destroy the solar panels installed near the lakes,’ said Information Officer Wagle. ‘We have been filling water in many lakes by installing solar panels in water management for wildlife.’
The natural lakes within Shuklaphanta National Park in Kanchanpur, where a rare herd of bison can be seen in the world, are even being filled due to lack of protection. The existence of the lakes is in danger as Ranital, Kalikich Lake, and Shikari Lake have been filled with water lilies for a long time.
‘Although more than a dozen lakes within the park are being filled with water lilies, due to lack of budget The reason is that it has not been cleaned,' he said, 'there are 120 artificial and natural lakes.'
Shuklaphanta, which is home to more than 2,400 rare bison and 44 leopards in a small area, has more than 430 species of birds. The tiger census has been completed this year, but the bison census is currently underway within the park, according to the park office.
