A large number of water bodies in India, in fact reservoirs around the world are under the threat of this invasive weed called water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes)....the plants grow fast and choke them..
I have taken this picture, somewhere in Assam...as I was travelling in train across the state..it was monsoon time and the flooded fields were carpeted with these weeds..
Awareness and integrated approaches are needed to protect the shrinking fresh water sources from such pests....
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