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  • Heavy rainfall helps microplastics enter India’s urban lakes

    Heavy rainfall helps microplastics enter India’s urban lakes

    TV Padma
    · Nov 21, 2025 · 07:30 pm
  • Mass fish deaths rise as sewage and pollution choke Kashmir’s lakes

    Mass fish deaths rise as sewage and pollution choke Kashmir’s lakes

    Auqib Javeed
    · Oct 14, 2023 · 10:00 pm
  • In Kashmir, the security lockdown and Covid-19 have sunk the tourist sector – and many houseboats

    In Kashmir, the security lockdown and Covid-19 have sunk the tourist sector – and many houseboats

    Safwat Zargar
    · Jan 06, 2021 · 09:00 am
  • In Jammu and Kashmir, citizens are getting together to protect disappearing wetlands

    In Jammu and Kashmir, citizens are getting together to protect disappearing wetlands

    Catherine Gilon
    · Oct 13, 2020 · 07:30 pm
  • Kashmir's iconic Dal lake is dying a slow death – and authorities are fighting over it

    Kashmir's iconic Dal lake is dying a slow death – and authorities are fighting over it

    Safwat Zargar
    · Jan 20, 2019 · 09:00 am
  • Video: This five-year-old Kashmiri girl has taken on the mammoth task of cleaning up the Dal Lake

    Video: This five-year-old Kashmiri girl has taken on the mammoth task of cleaning up the Dal Lake

    Shibika Suresh
    · Jan 24, 2018 · 05:56 pm
  • Video: How a political dispute in the 19th century led to the creation of Kashmir’s houseboats

    Video: How a political dispute in the 19th century led to the creation of Kashmir’s houseboats

    Ramakrishnan M
    · Dec 15, 2017 · 08:45 am
  • The reason why Kashmir’s stunning Wular Lake is shrinking: Willow trees

    The reason why Kashmir’s stunning Wular Lake is shrinking: Willow trees

    Athar Parvaiz
    · Sep 30, 2017 · 09:30 pm
  • ‘We are victims of media propaganda’: Hotels go empty and workers jobless as Kashmir tourism is hit

    ‘We are victims of media propaganda’: Hotels go empty and workers jobless as Kashmir tourism is hit

    Athar Parvaiz, IndiaSpend.com
    · Jun 24, 2017 · 09:30 pm
  • Why tourists still look for ‘Gul Gulshan Gulfam’ when they visit the Dal lake in Srinagar

    Why tourists still look for ‘Gul Gulshan Gulfam’ when they visit the Dal lake in Srinagar

    Rayan Naqash
    · Jun 14, 2017 · 01:30 pm