Author : Shabeena Masoodi 1
Date of Publication :29th May 2018
Abstract: Dal Lake Kashmir known as "liquid heart" of summer capital Srinagar, Kashmir is bedeviled by many ecological maladies mainly arising out of human incursions. The present paper summarises the conservation measures taken to retrieve the pristine glory of the lake with an attempt to put forth the environmental impact assessment studies of the various measures viz. catchment treatment, silt n sedimentation Control, wastewater management, weed infestation, improvement in lake hydrology, combatting algal blooms and solid waste management.
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