[caption id="attachment_4333041" align="aligncenter" width="1200"]<img class="wp-image-4333041 size-full" src="https://images.cnbctv18.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/A-CAPF-man-guarding-the-areas.jpg" alt="" width="1200" height="800" /> A paramilitary jawan guarding Dal Lake in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir.[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_4333051" align="aligncenter" width="1200"]<img class="wp-image-4333051 size-full" src="https://images.cnbctv18.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/A-child-living-in-the-Dal-lkake-takes-a-family-owned-shikara-to-reach-the-banks-for-tking-the-school-bus.jpg" alt="" width="1200" height="801" /> A young girl in a boat going to school in Dal Lake, Srinagar.[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_4333061" align="aligncenter" width="1200"]<img class="wp-image-4333061 size-full" src="https://images.cnbctv18.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/A-daily-life.jpg" alt="" width="1200" height="801" /> An elderly Kashmiri woman on Dal Lake, Srinagar.[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_4333071" align="aligncenter" width="1200"]<img class="wp-image-4333071 size-full" src="https://images.cnbctv18.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/A-floating-plastic-bottle.jpg" alt="" width="1200" height="801" /> Shikaras or boats are parked in Dal Lake, Srinagar for tourists.[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_4333081" align="aligncenter" width="1200"]<img class="wp-image-4333081 size-full" src="https://images.cnbctv18.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/A-shikara-owner-waits-for-tourists-as-their-are-less-due-to-political-issues-and-ongoing-violence.jpg" alt="" width="1200" height="800" /> Dal Lake is famous for its floating vegetable market, which supplies varieties of vegetables to many towns across the Kashmir valley.[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_4333091" align="aligncenter" width="1200"]<img class="wp-image-4333091 size-full" src="https://images.cnbctv18.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/A-shikara-ride-1.jpg" alt="" width="1200" height="1778" /> A shikara floating lazily on the surface of Dal Lake in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir.[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_4333101" align="aligncenter" width="1200"]<img class="wp-image-4333101 size-full" src="https://images.cnbctv18.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/daily-life-along-the-lake.jpg" alt="" width="1200" height="801" /> A Kashmiri woman is paddling a small boat across Dal Lake in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir.[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_4333111" align="aligncenter" width="1200"]<img class="wp-image-4333111 size-full" src="https://images.cnbctv18.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Dal-Lake-resident-children-waiting-for-school-bus.jpg" alt="" width="1200" height="801" /> Kashmiri students wait near Dal Lake in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir for their ride.[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_4333121" align="aligncenter" width="1200"]<img class="wp-image-4333121 size-full" src="https://images.cnbctv18.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Deep-inside-the-lake.jpg" alt="" width="1200" height="801" /> A local man is paddling a small boat across Dal Lake, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir.[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_4333131" align="aligncenter" width="1200"]<img class="wp-image-4333131 size-full" src="https://images.cnbctv18.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Ducks-swimmig-among-the-dissapering-fauna.jpg" alt="" width="1200" height="801" /> A lazy evening in Dal Lake, Srinagar.[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_4333321" align="aligncenter" width="1200"]<img class="wp-image-4333321 size-full" src="https://images.cnbctv18.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Early-morning-floating-market.jpg" alt="" width="1200" height="801" /> The floating market on Dal Lake in Srinagar, where vendors sell vegetables from shikara to shikara.[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_4333331" align="aligncenter" width="1200"]<img class="wp-image-4333331 size-full" src="https://images.cnbctv18.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Fishing-a-pastime-during-the-curfews.jpg" alt="" width="1200" height="800" /> Kashmiris fishing in the Dal Lake in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir.[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_4333341" align="aligncenter" width="1200"]<img class="wp-image-4333341 size-full" src="https://images.cnbctv18.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Fishing.jpg" alt="" width="1200" height="800" /> A young lad showing his catch in the Dal Lake in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir.[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_4333351" align="aligncenter" width="1200"]<img class="wp-image-4333351 size-full" src="https://images.cnbctv18.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Floating-market.jpg" alt="" width="1200" height="801" /> Kashmiri men selling their vegetables and flowers at a floating market in Dal Lake, Srinagar.[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_4333361" align="aligncenter" width="1200"]<img class="wp-image-4333361 size-full" src="https://images.cnbctv18.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Floating-shops-for-the-locals-living-in-the-lake.jpg" alt="" width="1200" height="801" /> A provision store in the Dal Lake in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir.[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_4333371" align="aligncenter" width="1200"]<img class="wp-image-4333371 size-full" src="https://images.cnbctv18.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/House-Boat-and-Shikaras-in-the-midst-of-weeds.jpg" alt="" width="1200" height="797" /> Houseboats parked in Dal Lake, Srinagar.[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_4333381" align="aligncenter" width="1200"]<img class="wp-image-4333381 size-full" src="https://images.cnbctv18.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Lotus-plantations-as-natural-food-source-which-Kashmiris-call-Nadru-saag.jpg" alt="" width="1200" height="801" /> Permanent houses in Dal Lake, Srinagar.[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_4333391" align="aligncenter" width="1200"]<img class="wp-image-4333391 size-full" src="https://images.cnbctv18.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Permenent-structures-creating-damamge-to-the-lake-wwhh-has-been-built-on-the-surface-of-the-sahllow-waters.jpg" alt="" width="1200" height="801" /> Waterways on the Dal Lake in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir.[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_4333401" align="aligncenter" width="1200"]<img class="wp-image-4333401 size-full" src="https://images.cnbctv18.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Provision-stores.jpg" alt="" width="1200" height="801" /> A shop in the middle of Dal Lake in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir.[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_4333411" align="aligncenter" width="1200"]<img class="wp-image-4333411 size-full" src="https://images.cnbctv18.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/The-Floating-Post-office-and-it-hardly-receivs-letters.jpg" alt="" width="1200" height="800" /> The floating post-office on world-famous Dal Lake, Srinagar.[/caption]

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In Pictures: The sorry state of Dal Lake in Kashmir

By Shome Basu Sept 13, 2019 2:29:15 PM IST (Updated)

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