SRINAGAR : The Jammu Kashmir government has said that nearly 4.5 square kilometres of critically silted area in the Wular Lake and its feeding channels have been restored through dredging and de-siltation works. A comprehensive bathymetric and hydrodynamic study by the National Institute of Hydrology (NIH), Roorkee, is currently under way to assess the lake’s current water-carrying capacity and the extent of silt deposition. Follow Us On G -N e w s | Whatsapp

Responding to a question by MLA Irshad Rasool Kar, the Jal Shakti Department said that approximately 63.93 lakh cubic metres of silt—about 6.393 million cubic metres—had been dredged from the main lake area at SK Payeen, leading to the restoration of around 3.10 sq km of the lake body. Together with de-siltati

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