Dwindling Wular Lake hits livelihood of fishermen

Kolhama, a peninsular hamlet with a population of over 2,400 people and 350 households of fishermen, is dependent on the Wular lake for its produce of fish, water chestnut and nadroo (lotus stem). Abdul Rashid, sarpanch of the village, says the receding water level of the lake is affecting their livelihood. “Dredging by the Wular Conservation and Management Authority (WUCMA) has been completed in some stretches of the lake,” says Rashid, lamenting that the main body of the Wular has gone dry. He says dredging work needs to be extended…

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