Understanding Kashmir Lakes: Water Quality, Biodiversity, Deterioration, Encroachment, and Vision for Their Protection and Restoration

The last three decades have witnessed serious deterioration of major Kashmir lakes (Wular, Dal, Nigeen, Anchar and Manasbal) due to the pollution of their water and large-scale encroachment into their surroundings. Quite an extensive amount of research work has been carried out on the growing state of deterioration of the above named five indispensable lakes of the Kashmir valley. This book gives ...