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A whopping 518 lakes, constituting 74%, person either disappeared oregon shrunk successful Jammu and Kashmir that has resulted successful the degradation of ecosystem and clime insecurity, according to the latest study of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India connected Conservation and Management of Lakes for the play up to March 2022.
The study highlighted that 315 lakes, 45% of the full 697 lakes successful J&K that constitute a h2o country of 1,537.07 hectares, person disappeared. “These lakes included 80 lakes (25%) falling nether the jurisdiction of the Forest Department and 235 Lakes (75%) falling nether the jurisdiction of Revenue Department and Agriculture Department,” it said.
The h2o country of 203 lakes (29% of 697 lakes) had decreased by 1,314.19 hectares. The study suggested that h2o successful 63 lakes has disappeared by “more than oregon adjacent to 50%”. “Thus, determination is simply a imaginable greater hazard of extinction of these 63 lakes. 203 lakes included 98 lakes (48%), 83 lakes (41%), 20 lakes (10%) and 2 lakes,” it added.
Meanwhile, the h2o country of 150 lakes (22%) has increased by 538.22 hectares. “The h2o country of 14,535.76 hectares successful 29 lakes (4% of 697 lakes) had remained static,” the study pointed out.
The CAG study suggested that the shrinkage of water country was besides 1 of the causes for monolithic floods successful J&K successful September 2014, “as lakes are earthy flood balancing reservoirs and defence for the flood regulating system”.
It highlighted that 4 administrative departments and the Forest Department did not person water generic absorption programmes and arsenic specified they failed to cheque increasing anthropogenic pressures astir lakes, resulting successful nonaccomplishment and alteration successful unfastened h2o country and summation successful aquatic vegetation. “This adversely affected the ecosystem of the lakes,” it said.
It further pointed retired that nonaccomplishment to formulate conservation and absorption programmes and to undertake water generic absorption activities by the territory administrations acrophobic and the Forest Department successful respect of 44 lakes resulted successful anthropogenic pressures, generated by quality activities including operation works. “These anthropogenic pressures led to onshore usage changes successful these lakes,” it added.
The information remained, according to the report, the J&K Ecology, Environment & Remote Sensing Department had “failed to transportation retired a elaborate survey of 697 lakes. “Hence physical, chemic and biologic dynamics of lakes were not disposable for preparing improvement plans for these lakes,” it said.
Besides, 255 lakes, nether the jurisdiction of the Forest department, “had no broad conservation and absorption programme”. “Although precocious altitude lakes successful protected areas are escaped from anthropogenic pressures, they whitethorn beryllium facing problems of siltation and issues relating to h2o sources. As such, they besides necessitate conservation and absorption efforts,” it suggested.
The J&K authorities has conservation and absorption programmes for lone six lakes, which see Dal, Wular, Hokersar, Manasbal, Surinsar and Mansar lakes.
