India's first floating elementary school was inaugurated at:

India's first floating elementary school was started on Loktak Lake in Manipur. It was set up for the children of fishermen who live in huts built on the "phumdis" (floating islands) of the lake. Many of these children could not go to regular schools on land because their families lived and worked on the lake.

The school was run on a phumdi, so that children could study near their homes. It was part of efforts to bring education to communities living in remote and difficult places.

About Loktak Lake:

It is the largest freshwater lake in North-East India, located in Bishnupur district, near Moirang, about 40 km south of Imphal.

It is famous for its "phumdis", floating masses of vegetation, soil and organic matter in different stages of decay. Some phumdis are thick enough to support huts. Local fishermen build circular fish enclosures from them, called "athapum".

The Keibul Lamjao National Park, on the southern side of the lake, is the only floating national park in the world. It is made up mostly of phumdis.

Keibul Lamjao is the last natural home of the endangered "Sangai" (brow-antlered deer or Manipur's dancing deer), the state animal of Manipur.

Loktak Lake was declared a Ramsar site (a wetland of international importance) in 1990. Because of threats such as pollution, siltation and changes in water levels after the Ithai Barrage was built for the Loktak Hydroelectric Project, it was placed on the "Montreux Record" (a list of Ramsar sites under threat) in 1993.

Why not the other options?

• ✗Chilika Lake (Odisha) is India's largest brackish water lagoon, famous for Irrawaddy dolphins and migratory birds.
• ✗Vembanad Lake (Kerala) is the longest lake in India and hosts the Nehru Trophy boat race (on its Punnamada part).
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• ✗Dal Lake (Srinagar) is famous for houseboats and "shikaras".