Reclaiming Khushal Sar
The government avoided any commitment that it will restore the freshwater lake. Eventually, a social activist threw his hat in the ring, handheld the residents, living on its banks, and initiated the first civilian effort to retrieve the water body. Two months in the muck and the lake is visibly clear but authorities require chipping in to help move the mode, reports
Yawar Hussain
Residents overseeing the cleansing process of the Khushal Sar from Gil Kadal. Kl Image: Yawar Hussain
For years, the residents of a vast old city belt would chase politicians and officers for the restoration of the fresh waters of Khushal Sar if not the recovery of the encroached patches of its land. It was a perpetual stink that was part of the environs they lived in. Already struggling to manage the Dal lake and Brari Nambal lagoon in Srinagar and Wullar Lake in north Kashmir, nobody was in a position to address their concern.
No expert committee required for Dal, HC directs LAWDA to handle affairs
No expert committee required for Dal, HC directs LAWDA to handle affairs
Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, Apr 5: The High Court today put an end the work of Committee of Experts (CoEs) who were appointed to oversee and supervise the affairs the development of Dal lake and directed the Lakes and Waterways Development Authority (LAWDA) to handle all the issues pertaining to the lake under the supervision of Advocate General of the UT.
The Division Bench of Chief Justice Pankaj Mithal and Justice Vinod Chatterji Koul directed for disbanding of all such committees henceforth which were constituted and appointed on the directions of the court or else for the affairs of the lake.
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Movement to restore abandoned lakes
Movement to restore abandoned lakes
Dr Raja Muzaffar Bhat
When Manzoor Ahmad Wangnoo a noted Kashmiri businessman and Chairman of Nigeen Lake Conservation Organization (NLCO) was asked during a TV show few months back to give his concluding remarks within 20 seconds on how to conserve Kashmir’s water-bodies especially lakes , he uttered a word “Ehsaas” . In his concluding remarks Manzoor Wangnoo said unless people have concern and sensibility towards protection and conservation of Kashmir’s water- bodies , they can’t at all be restored ? The very next day Mr Wangnoo visited Khushaal Sar and Gilsar lakes in Nowshera area of Srinagar’s old city . These two small lakes which were once known for its best fish and lotus stems (nadru) are now on the verge of death. Mr Wangnoo was infuriated to see the condition of the water-body as it has almost been choked now with trash , silt and other kinds of solid and liquid waste.