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Pathankot, November 30, 2025: Keshopur Chhamb, India’s largest habitat for migratory birds and officially known as the Keshopur–Miani Community Reserve, is fighting for its existence despite its ecological importance. Once announced as an international-level tourist destination in 2015–16 with an investment of ₹9 crore by the Tourism Department, the wetland today shows signs of severe neglect.Recognised as the country’s first notified community reserve under the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972 (amended in 2002), Keshopur Chhamb spans nearly 850 acres of natural freshwater wetlands. It is a crucial winter refuge for migratory waterbirds and forms an essential part of the migratory bird…