Mehraj Mir
Dal Lake
About 80 per cent of Srinagar's sewerage flows into the lake. The houseboats also add to the pollution.More than Rs 235 crore have already been spent during the last decade to improve the health of Dal Lake, according to the 2006 report by the Auditor and Comptroller General (CAG) of India. But it is hard to see how and where the money has been spent. Not only has the lake continued to deteriorate, the rate of silt deposition has gone up threefold in the last seven years despite works undertaken in the catchments to reduce it. Today, over 22,000 tons of silt gets deposited on the lake bed each year, reducing the average depth by three metres.
Dal Lake
About 80 per cent of Srinagar's sewerage flows into the lake. The houseboats also add to the pollution.More than Rs 235 crore have already been spent during the last decade to improve the health of Dal Lake, according to the 2006 report by the Auditor and Comptroller General (CAG) of India. But it is hard to see how and where the money has been spent. Not only has the lake continued to deteriorate, the rate of silt deposition has gone up threefold in the last seven years despite works undertaken in the catchments to reduce it. Today, over 22,000 tons of silt gets deposited on the lake bed each year, reducing the average depth by three metres.