Kasmir's Dal Lake Shrinking Due To Pollution

SRINAGAR, KASHMIR, INDIA - FEBRUARY 14: Shikara boats are moored to the bank of Dal Lake on February 14, 2015 in Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian administered Kashmir, India. 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. The Dal Lake in Kashmir is integral to tourism and authorities are planning to shift some families living in the inner part of the water body to protect the Lake, which is shrinking due to pollution. Authorities say pollution from houseboats is one of the factors threatening the survival of the Lake. During the summer tourist season roughly 100,000 litres of sewage from houseboats spew into the lake and choking the lake and its aquatic life of oxygen. (Photo by Yawar Nazir/Getty Images)
SRINAGAR, KASHMIR, INDIA - FEBRUARY 14: Shikara boats are moored to the bank of Dal Lake on February 14, 2015 in Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian administered Kashmir, India. 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. The Dal Lake in Kashmir is integral to tourism and authorities are planning to shift some families living in the inner part of the water body to protect the Lake, which is shrinking due to pollution. Authorities say pollution from houseboats is one of the factors threatening the survival of the Lake. During the summer tourist season roughly 100,000 litres of sewage from houseboats spew into the lake and choking the lake and its aquatic life of oxygen. (Photo by Yawar Nazir/Getty Images)
Kasmir's Dal Lake Shrinking Due To Pollution
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