Jammu & Kashmir has lost 315 lakes since 1967
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Jammu and Kashmir has lost nearly 3,000 hectares of lakes since 1967, with 315 lakes disappearing and remaining ones shrinking. This significant loss, detailed in a CAG report, degraded ecosystems and contributed to the devastating 2014 Kashmir floods by reduJammu & Kashmir has lost 315 lakes since 1967
Jammu and Kashmir has lost nearly 3,000 hectares of lakes since 1967, with 315 lakes disappearing and remaining ones shrinking. This significant loss, detailed in a CAG report, degraded ecosystems and contributed to the devastating 2014 Kashmir floods by reducing natural flood buffers. Read more
