For centuries, Lake Wular has been a major source of food and income for thousands of Kashmiris. But widespread pollution, mining, and dam construction are putting the region’s fishing community at risk. Every morning before sunrise, 36-year-old fisherman Naseer Dar takes his boat out to Lake Wular, one of the largest freshwater lakes in Indian-administered Kashmir. Nestled amid the Himalayas, the lake spreads over 130-square-kilometers between the Baramulla and Bandipora districts in north Kashmir. Thousands of Kashmiris depend on the lake’s fish and chestnuts. But with increasing siltation, Lake Wular…
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