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A City in The Lake (Ongoing)

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  • A vegetable trader makes his way to the early morning vegetables market at Dal lake.<br />
They grow vegetables for their own consumption but at the same time they earn<br />
money from it. © Sandipa Malakar<br />
A vegetable trader makes his way to the early morning vegetables market at Dal lake.<br />
They grow vegetables for their own consumption but at the same time they earn<br />
money from it. © Sandipa Malakar<br />
A vegetable trader makes his way to the early morning vegetables market at Dal lake.<br />
They grow vegetables for their own consumption but at the same time they earn<br />
money from it. © Sandipa Malakar
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  • A vegetable trader brushes his teeth standing on the bridge near the Dal lake. Early<br />
morning vegetables are very popular for them to sell their own production. The local<br />
people grow vegetables in the land. © Sandipa Malakar
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  • Local vegetable traders wait in the market for customers to sell their product. . Early<br />
 morning vegetable market is very popular for them to sell their own production. The local<br />
people grow vegetables in the land. © Sandipa Malakar
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  • A vegetable trader lights a cigarette standing on the bridge near the Dal lake. Early<br />
morning vegetable market is very popular for them to sell their own production. The local<br />
people grow vegetables in the land. © Sandipa Malakar
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  • he lake doesn't only provide them their shelter and food . Their friendship , daily chit-chat also take place beside the lake. The lake is the witness of their whole life, happiness and sorrow.Srinagar,  © Sandipa Malakar.
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  • In the vegetable markets not only vegetables are traded but as we know on the occasion of this market other businessmen come together. Here for them famous kasmiri breads are also sold. Srinagar, © Sandipa Malakar.
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  • Besides vegetables, different kinds of flowers are also cultivated in the farming land of Dal lake, where I have seen a canopy-like structure to protect the flowers from harsh sunlight. These flowers are sold in the morning market of Dal. Srinagar, © Sandipa Malakar.
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  • Water is the only mode of transport for the people who live in the backwater of dal lake. Here a group of college students are rowing their own boat to get to the mainland to attend the college.Srinagar, © Sandipa Malakar
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  • Generally when male persons are going out for work , females are taking care of gardening which gives them their daily vegetables. These are the floating vegetable fields they are working on. Excess vegetables are sold in the famous vegetable markets in Dal lake. That is another source of money for them to Srinagar, © Sandipa Malakar.<br />
 work hard on different kinds of vegetables.
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  • There are farms where both ducks and hens are breeded. After meeting their own needs they sold them in the market.Srinagar, © Sandipa Malakar.
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  • A newly made Shikara. Shikara is made up of willow wood. For increase need of Shikaras for tourism people have no mercy to cut down trees, Srinagar, © Sandipa Malakar.
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  • No one can believe from the front side of Dal Lake more than 10,000 families live here and are depending on Dal lake for their sustainability.It's like a ‘floating city in a lake’. Srinagar, © Sandipa Malakar.
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  • On the other hand tourism makes the environment more polluted.For the making of Shikaras there  is no limit of cutting down trees which is another reason for pollution . Generally Deodar wood is used to make shikaras and willow wood for artifacts. Srinagar, © Sandipa Malakar.
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  • A child tries to ride a boat with a bow, while his mother is shopping in a small shop.<br />
There are several shops which cater their daily needs. they don&#39;t have to go to<br />
mainland to buy things, but the mode of transport is Boat. © Sandipa Malakar
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  • It's pity that which water/Lake gives them shelter to live; things to eat; they are polluting them by washing clothes; improper sewage system which in turn causes disease to them like diorrhea; tuberculosis etc.
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  • Both male and female are here efficient in rowing boats as this is the only mode of transport.Srinagar, © Sandipa Malakar.
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  • People are not much interested in pollution; they are throwing plastics here and there which block the free flow of the water. Srinagar, © Sandipa Malakar.
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  • A head of mannequin is kept as a scarecrow to protect the vegetable garden from<br />
crows. © Sandipa Malakar
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  • A Kashmiri man is collecting lotus plants. The lotus stems, locally called Nadru;, are a<br />
delicacy in Kashmiri cuisine. Nadru was extensively harvested from the waters of the<br />
Dal lake. © Sandipa Malakar
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  • Here in Dal lake Sky touches the water. Children fly kites staying in the water, it can only be found in Dal lake. Their whole life is around the water of Dal lake. Without Dal they are nothing.Srinagar, © Sandipa Malakar.
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