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[[File: Dal Lake srinagar10.jpg| Participants carrying flags are reflected in the waters of Dal Lake during the opening ceremony of "Jashan-e-Dal" in Srinagar. The picture is rotated 180 degrees clockwise. (REUTERS/Fayaz Kabli/Files)|frame|500px]]

[[File: Dal Lake srinagar11.jpg| A Kashmiri man rows a boat past fountains in the polluted waters of Dal Lake, in Srinagar. The lake has been polluted during decades of neglect and a separatist revolt. Dal Lake, the region's main tourist attraction which has drawn visitors from Mughal emperors to the Beatles star George Harrison, has shrunk from 25 sq km to 13 sq km since the 1980s, environmental campaigners say. (REUTERS/Fayaz Kabli/Files); Graphic courtesy: |frame|500px]]

[[File: Dal Lake srinagar12.jpg| Kashmiri men in boats manually collect weeds from the polluted waters of Dal Lake, covered by aquatic plants in Srinagar. (REUTERS/Fayaz Kabli/Files)|frame|500px]]

[[File: Dal Lake srinagar13.jpg| Kashmiri men unload a boat from a horse cart near Dal Lake in Srinagar. (REUTERS/Danish Ismail/Files)|frame|500px]]

[[File: Dal Lake srinagar14.jpg| A Kashmiri woman rows a boat filled with lotus leaves on Dal Lake in Srinagar. (REUTERS/Danish Ismail/Files)|frame|500px]]

[[File: Dal Lake srinagar15.jpg| A waiter adjusts the curtains in a room of a houseboat in Srinagar. For nearly a century, hand-carved houseboats bobbing on a placid lake drew millions of visitors including George Harrison, businessman Nelson Rockefeller and actress Joan Fontaine to the stunningly beautiful Himalayan region of Kashmir. (REUTERS/Fayaz Kabli/Files)|frame|500px]]

[[File: Dal Lake srinagar16.jpg| A Kashmiri man rows a Shikara in front of a houseboat named "Buckingham Palace" on the waters of Dal Lake in Srinagar. (REUTERS/Fayaz Kabli/Files)|frame|500px]]

[[File: Dal Lake srinagar17.jpg| Indian tourists enjoy an evening on the deck of a houseboat in Srinagar. (REUTERS/Fayaz Kabli/Files)|frame|500px]]

[[File: Dal Lake srinagar18.jpg| A tourist enjoys water skiing on the waters of Dal Lake in Srinagar. (REUTERS/Fayaz Kabli/Files)|frame|500px]]

[[File: Dal Lake srinagar19.jpg| Kashmiri vegetable vendors assemble at a floating market on Dal Lake in Srinagar. (REUTERS/Ahmad Masood/Files)|frame|500px]]

[[File: Dal Lake srinagar20.jpg| Kashmiri vegetable vendors assemble at a floating market in the interiors of the Dal Lake in Srinagar. (REUTERS/Danish Ismail/Files)|frame|500px]]

[[File: Dal Lake srinagar21.jpg| People cross the old Nayidyar bridge over the extension of Dal Lake in the old part of Srinagar. (REUTERS/Fayaz Kabli/Files)|frame|500px]]

[[File: Dal Lake in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir22.jpg| A Kashmiri boatman selling traditional floor mats rows his boat on the waters of Dal Lake in Srinagar. (REUTERS/Fayaz Kabli/Files)|frame|500px]]

[[File: Dal Lake in srinagar23.jpg| Kashmiri vegetable vendors assemble at a floating market in the interiors of the Dal Lake in Srinagar. (REUTERS/Danish Ismail/Files)|frame|500px]]

[[File: Dal Lake in srinagar24.jpg| Framed by the Zabarwan Hills, a Kashmiri man sits by Dal Lake on a sunny day, in Srinagar. (REUTERS/Danish Ismail/Files)|frame|500px]]

[[File: Dal Lake in srinagar25.jpg| A view of a defunct weed removing machine inside the Dal Lake in Srinagar. (REUTERS/Fayaz Kabli/Files)|frame|500px]]

[[File: Dal Lake in srinagar26.jpg| A Kashimiri fisherman catches fish in Dal Lake on a sunny day after nearly one week of rains in Srinigar. (REUTERS/Fayaz Kabli/Files)|frame|500px]]

[[File: Dal Lake in srinagar27.jpg| Kashmiri youth practice kayaking on the waters of Dal Lake during an autumn day in Srinagar. (REUTERS/Fayaz Kabli/Files)|frame|500px]]

[[File: Dal Lake in srinagar28.jpg| Kashmir's holiest shrine Hazratbal is seen illuminated from Dal Lake on the eve of Eid-e-Milad in Srinagar. (REUTERS/Fayaz Kabli/Files)|frame|500px]]

[[File: Dal Lake in srinagar29.jpg| A Kashmiri fisherman rows a boat past houseboats on Dal Lake in Srinagar. (REUTERS/Fayaz Kabli/Files)|frame|500px]]