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| location = [[Tindivanam taluk]], [[Villupuram District]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]<br />
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'''Kazhuveli''' is the second largest brackish water [[lake]] in [[South India]] located in [[Tindivanam taluk]] of [[Villupuram district]] of the state of [[Tamil Nadu]]. It is about 18&nbsp;km north of [[Pondicherry (city)|Pondicherry]]. The tank lies adjacent to the [[Bay of Bengal]] along the [[East Coast Road]] and encompasses about 15 villages with a catchment area of 4,722&nbsp;ha. Kazhuveli is an old [[mangrove forest]], which has been degraded over period of time. The entire ecosystem of this wetland is completely destroyed and denuded due to human inference, chiefly, the establishment of [[salt evaporation pond|salt pans]] and overfishing.<ref>[http://envfor.nic.in/soer/state/SoE%20report%20of%20Tamilnadu.pdf State of Environment Report of Tamil Nadu]</ref> It is one of the prioritized [[wetlands]] of Tamil Nadu.<ref>ENVIS (2011). [http://www.tnenvis.nic.in/PDF/WET.pdf Wetlands] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120321122516/http://www.tnenvis.nic.in/PDF/WET.pdf |date=2012-03-21 }} ''ENVIS Newsletter,'' 7(4)</ref> It is also one of the 94 identified wetlands under National Wetland Conservation and Management Programme (NWCMP) operationalised by the [[Government of India]] in 1985-86 along with [[Point Calimere]] and [[Pallikaranai Wetland|Pallikaranai Marsh]] in the state of Tamil Nadu. A total of 196 minor irrigation tanks and ponds drains into the Kazhuveli wetlands. Out of the total area of 740&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>, 47.22&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> has been declared as protected area under Section 26 of Tamil Nadu Forest Act. In the northern parts where brackish water could be found, attempts are made to dig up channels in fish-bone design and mangroves species such as [[rhizhophora]] and [[avicennia]] have been planted in extents varying from 50 to 100&nbsp;ha annually. In the southernmost portions where seasonal water flow is available, plantations have been raised in total barren areas with appropriate species through schemes such as Tamil Nadu Afforestation Project and the National Afforestation Project. Various conservations tasks such as bio-upgradation, eco-development, community development works, protection, [[monitoring and evaluation]] are being implemented and seminars and workshops are being conducted since 2007 under the NWCMP.{{fact|date=August 2020}}<br />
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