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{{Short description|Lake in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India}}
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'''Anchar Lake''' is a lake in highly [[environmental degradation|deteriorated]] condition located near [[Soura]] area in the city of [[Srinagar]], [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]], [[India]]. Situated close to [[Ganderbal]], the lake is connected with the famous [[Dal Lake]] via a channel "Amir Khan Nallah" which passes through [[Gil Sar|Gilsar]] and [[Khushal Sar]]. In case of flooding, the excessive water of Dal is diverted here.<ref>{{cite news |title=Floods in Kashmir, Army called out|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2006-09-04/india/27796184_1_rescue-and-relief-operations-flood-control-minister-bemina |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140111110444/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2006-09-04/india/27796184_1_rescue-and-relief-operations-flood-control-minister-bemina |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 January 2014 |work=[[The Times of India]]|date=4 Sep 2006 }}</ref>

== Deterioration ==
Once a popular tourist destination as tourists on [[shikara]]s and houseboats used to travel here from Dal Lake, over the years it has deteriorated owing to [[water pollution|pollution]], large scale [[Structural encroachment|encroachment]], and [[illegal construction]]s in its surroundings.<ref>{{cite news |title=Anchar Lake near Srinagar on the verge of extinction |url=http://www.newstrackindia.com/newsdetails/158206 |publisher=Newstrack India |date=10 Apr 2010 |access-date=22 Feb 2013}}</ref> In the 1990s, when the [[Nallah Mar]] was covered to build the Mearplan highway around western side of Dal, six-foot pipes were laid under the new road, to allow Dal to continue to drain into the Anchar lake system, however the pipes soon clogged due to waste and debris.<ref>{{cite news |title=To save a lake: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has launched an ambitious effort to save the Dal lake in Srinagar. |url=http://www.hindu.com/fline/fl1511/15110660.htm |publisher=Frontline |volume=15 |issue=11 |date=23 May – 5 Jun 1998 |access-date=22 Feb 2013}}</ref>

Like the [[Dal lake]] and [[Wular Lake]], it is home to the Hanji community which live near the lake in an area called as Anchar among the locals.<ref>{{cite news |title=Communities: A lake endangered |url= http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/mag/2005/05/15/stories/2005051500310400.htm | first=Luv | last=Puri |date=15 May 2005 |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=7 March 2018 }}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links==
* [http://wikimapia.org/1502607/Anchar-Lake Anchar Lake]

{{Kashmir Valley}}

{{Hydrography of Jammu and Kashmir}}

[[Category:Lakes of Jammu and Kashmir]]
[[Category:Srinagar]]
[[Category:Water pollution in India]]

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