Wild waterfowl crowd around on water body in Uttar Pradesh

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A multitude of winter visiting waterfowl on a wetland in north India, Prime among them are Pintail, Garganey and Teal. Bareilly is a prominent city in Bareilly district in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Standing on the Ramganga river, it is the capital of the Bareilly division and the geographical region Rohilkhand. It is located 252 kilometres (157 mi) north of the state capital, Lucknow and 250 kilometres (155 mi) east of the national capital New Delhi. Bareilly is a centre for the manufacturing of furniture and for trade in cotton, cereal and sugar. The status of the city grew when its name was included in the "Counter Magnets" of the National Capital Region (NCR), a list that also includes Hissar, Patiala, Kota and Gwalior. Bareilly historically was also called Sanjashya,