Flooding, Water Insecurity Looms as Indian Kashmir's Water Bodies Shrink
Sadiq Dar, 68, is surprised how the heavy siltation of Wular Lake has turned many of its areas into land masses. It and Dal Lake are both shrinking.
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Flooding, Water Insecurity Looms as Indian Kashmirs Titanic Water Bodies Shrink
SRINAGAR, INDIA, Aug 24 (IPS) - Sadiq Dar, 68, is surprised how the heavy siltation of Wular Lake has turned many of its areas into land masses. “When we were growing up, we would only see water in this lake. Now, we see cattle grazing in it while a large portion is also being used by children for playing cricket,” he tells IPS.
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How Encroachments, Willows and Silt Ate up Half of Kashmir's Own Sea
Warming himself with a kangri (a firepot) kept under his pheran (a long winter cloak worn by Kashmiris), 66-year-old Mohammad Subhan Dar sat chatting with a bunch of his fellow villagers on a Janua
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