give a strong idea to protect,purify and beautiful the dal lake
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Over the years, people in general and Kashmir media in particular have debated the future of Dal lake thread bare. The regulating authority however claims that all accusations are not founded on facts. Hamidullah Dar reports.
People in general and environmentalists in particular decry that Dal lake is dying while concerned authorities watch the perish sitting inside their offices. The authorities, however, disagree. They maintain that scarcely any news depicts the efforts that are ‘underway not only to save the famous lake from extinction but also to beautify it further’.
Lakes and Waterways Development Authority (LAWDA), the agency responsible for development and preservation of the lake, says that it has several programmes in hand to bring back the lost glory of Dal. Top most priority is given to stop sewerage flow into the lake besides relocation of lake dwellers.
“The problem of pollution is taken head on by reducing it to the minimum possible level. We have installed three sewerage treatment plants at Lam, Hazratbal and Habak. We lay pipes to collect the sewerage from neighbourhoods along the shores of the lake to prevent it from mixing with the waters of Dal,” says Ashok Kumar Koul, Superintendent Engineer at LAWDA.
Encroached over decades, Dal has been shrinking in area. Revenue records state that 6000 families were putting up in Dal in 1986. The numbers have been growing ever since
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To lure tourists to Kashmir Valley, the Government of Jammu and Kashmir has undertaken a beautifying and cleaning campaign along the Dal Lake waterfront. The main goal of the beautifying and cleaning campaign is to attract more tourists to the Kashmir Valley and to offer the city's commerce and commercial communities a significant boost in business.
For the prevention of water contamination in Dal Lake, treatment strategies for wastewater discharged are proposed. Sewage and sullage, agriculture runoff, cleansers and soaps, soil compaction from catchment regions, animal manure, solid wastes, and wastes from houseboats, hotels, and commercial establishments are just some of the pollutants that reach Dal Lake. The research is unusual in that it addresses the critical issue of environmental deterioration at Dal Lake, a world-famous body of water. Quantitative measurements for lake conservation have been proposed, which include afforestation and grazing animal control in the catchment, relocation of houseboats and hotel chains and rehabilitative services of their landlords living mostly around Dal at an appropriate site.