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  |name        = Kutte Kol
  |image       = File:Kutte Kol OpenStreetMap.png
  |image_caption     = The Kutte Kol canal in Srinagar (marked orange)
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'''Kutte Kol''' ([[Kashmiri language|Kashmiri]]: / [[Help:IPA for Kashmiri|kuʈɨ kɔl]] /) is a navigational [[canal]] running through the [[Srinagar]] city of [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]] in India. It is believed to be commissioned by [[Kota Rani]], a ruler of [[History of Kashmir|medieval]] [[Kashmir Valley|Kashmir]], initially to regulate floods on the [[Jhelum River|Jhelum]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://scroll.in/article/908064/queens-poets-academics-mystics-a-calendar-celebrates-12-inspirational-women-from-kashmir|title=Queens, poets, academics, mystics: A calendar celebrates 12 inspirational women of Kashmir}}</ref> Later it was also used for navigation to carry food grains to the city. At present, the canal suffers from massive encroachments and its flow has been drastically reduced. The [[Srinagar Municipal Corporation]] plans to restore the canal by dredging and removal of encroachments.<ref name="GK">{{cite news |title=Kutekul loses sheen to encroachments-Greater Kashmir|url=http://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/srinagar-city/story/209499.html|date=16 February 2016|accessdate=19 February 2016}}</ref>

==Etymology==
Although believed to be named after its supposed commissioner, Kota Rani, a more analytical explanation holds that the name is derived from 'Ksipt Kulya', which means a [[rivulet]] of 'Ksipt' (another name for [[Jhelum]]). 
<ref name="Dhar Book">K.N. Dhar. {{Google books|T11NAAAAYAAJ|Glimpses of Kashmiri Culture|page=71}}</ref><ref name="Dhar article">{{cite web |title=Vitasta|url=http://ikashmir.net/kndhar/vitasta.html|accessdate=19 February 2016}}</ref>
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