Joy and Relief as Lotus Flowers Bloom Again in Kashmiri Lake After Three Decades

Joy and Relief as Lotus Flowers Bloom Again in Kashmiri Lake After Three Decades

Lotus flowers are blooming again in Kashmir’s historically largest lake, having been freed from the grasp of underwater silt that strangled them for 3 decades. The lake had already been shrunk dramatically by the conversion of shoreline and connected marshlands to agricultural areas by 1990. But in 1992, catastrophic flooding dumped thousands of tons of […] The post Joy and Relief as Lotus Flowers Bloom Again in Kashmiri Lake After Three Decades…