Dal Lake in Srinagar, the mid-year capital of the province of Jammu and Kashmir in India, has a shoreline of around 15.5 km. Dal used to be a stunning freshwater lake until the point when several decades back. Presently the capital city exhausts its losses into it. Illicit gliding gardens and inland cultivating have added to the lake's hardships. The Indian government has made monstrous speculations (roughly US$275 million) to reestablish the lake's unique magnificence. In any case, poor responsibility appears in the declining well-being of the lake.
Shakil Ahmad Romshoo, leader of the Earth Sciences Department at Kashmir University says 32% of the lake is extremely corrupted, 48% ensures medium debasement and around 20% is generally perfect. The lake, which has contracted from 31 to 24 square km between the years 1859 and 2014 appearances different weights from impromptu urbanization, high populace development, supplement stack from concentrated agribusiness and tourism.