Dal Lake Shrunk Due To Pollution Over Decades In Kashmir

SRINAGAR, KASHMIR, INDIA - FEBRUARY 06: Foam covers the Floating gardens on the waters of Dal lake on February 06, 2015 in Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian administered Kashmir State, India. The Dal Lake in Kashmir is integral to tourism and recreation for tourists, authorities are planning to shift some families living in the inner part of the water body to protect the Dal Lake, which is shrinking due to pollution. Authorities say pollution from houseboats is one of the factors threatening the survival of the Dal Lake. During the summer tourist season roughly 100,000 liters of sewage from houseboats spews into the lake, feeding weeds and choking the lake and its aquatic life of oxygen, Local officials said. Dal Lake, one of the region's key tourist attractions, has shrunk from 25 sq km to 13 sq km since the 1980s due to pollution over decades of neglect and a separatist revolt, according to environmental activists. (Photo by Yawar Nazir/Getty Images)
SRINAGAR, KASHMIR, INDIA - FEBRUARY 06: Foam covers the Floating gardens on the waters of Dal lake on February 06, 2015 in Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian administered Kashmir State, India. The Dal Lake in Kashmir is integral to tourism and recreation for tourists, authorities are planning to shift some families living in the inner part of the water body to protect the Dal Lake, which is shrinking due to pollution. Authorities say pollution from houseboats is one of the factors threatening the survival of the Dal Lake. During the summer tourist season roughly 100,000 liters of sewage from houseboats spews into the lake, feeding weeds and choking the lake and its aquatic life of oxygen, Local officials said. Dal Lake, one of the region's key tourist attractions, has shrunk from 25 sq km to 13 sq km since the 1980s due to pollution over decades of neglect and a separatist revolt, according to environmental activists. (Photo by Yawar Nazir/Getty Images)
Dal Lake Shrunk Due To Pollution Over Decades In Kashmir
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