If nothing changed, they predicted, “the lake would be on track to disappear in the next five years,” resulting in the spread of “toxic dust” across the region. Drought conditions left many shallow ...
At Wular, Asia’s second freshwater lake, the air is thick with a sense of loss. The lake, 62 kilometres north of Srinagar, has become a shadow of its former self. A good portion of the lake has dried ...
Jai Bhagwan points dejectedly at the pond near his house. “When I was a young boy, we used that pond for all of our daily needs, from drinking to bathing. And l ...