Government on Monday admitted that Wular Lake has been shrinking due to illegal human settlement over the past few decades. In a written reply to Zafar Iqbal Manhas, Minister for Forests, Choudhary Lal Singh said the net demarcated area of Wular Lake is 130 square kilometres, out of which an area of approximately one square kilometre is under illegal human settlements for the past few decades. “The Wular Lake receives approximately 80 percent water from rivers and streams from the south, central and most parts of North Kashmir. The water…
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