Kashmir , the land of sheer splendid beauty, is also home to rich flora and fauna components.
Apart from its famous crunchy and juicy Kashmiri apples and staggering walnuts, that is driving livelihood of many cultivators, the region is also privy to under-water produces.
Nestled in Northern pocket of the Kashmir valley is a freshwater Lake바카라 웹사이트in Bandipora - Wular바카라 웹사이트– that is a treasure trove of water chestnuts or water caltrops. Fed by Jhelum River, Wular is Asia라이브 바카라 largest freshwater body.
Water-chestnuts or water-caltrops being the major produce of the area, covers a significant portion of Wular. The lake is also home to a wide variety of fishes.
The heart-shaped fruit is scooped out from picturesque floating plants that appear to be natural carpet of mosses covering the length and breadths of the lake.
However, not everything is flowery for chestnut cultivators. The fruit usually attains maturity around the month of November—period of bone-chilling winter in Kashmir—바카라 웹사이트and바카라 웹사이트needs to be harvested in tough weather conditions before바카라 웹사이트sending바카라 웹사이트it to the markets.
“It라이브 바카라 indeed a painstaking job,바카라 웹사이트and바카라 웹사이트we are bound to collect the water chestnuts to feed our families,”바카라 웹사이트says바카라 웹사이트Ghulam Mohammad.
Water chestnut, that falls under the category of a fruit, yields paltry income for the locals who depend largely on them for their livelihoods.
Every year Kashmir witnesses hard-hitting periods of cold when the locals largely depend on dried vegetables, cereals that they usually stock during summers.
Water-chestnuts, that can be dried and used as ground flour, become a major replacement of cereals during winters.
Local farmers have to go through바카라 웹사이트the바카라 웹사이트rigmarole of official processes to바카라 웹사이트get바카라 웹사이트license from the government and the security establishments to grow and sell the product in the market.
As a pompous reflection of tainted Sun dances in the water, Wular Lake can be seen abuzz in the early days of September as cultivators flock together rowing their바카라 웹사이트shikaras바카라 웹사이트before returning with the raw water chest nuts in the afternoon.
There라이브 바카라 no figure to substantiate, but it is believed that chestnut cultivation is providing bread and butter to around five-thousand people from the state.
As the landscape in the Kashmir valley is changing at a rampant rate owning to the population expansion, the natural resources have suffered the biggest blow.
Development requirements바카라 웹사이트and바카라 웹사이트growing바카라 웹사이트need for shelter바카라 웹사이트have바카라 웹사이트lead to thinning of paddy fields and orchards. Lakes are not spared either. Much of the lake has been drained as a result of willow plantations, illegal constructions on the바카라 웹사이트lake바카라 웹사이트shore바카라 웹사이트since바카라 웹사이트the 1950s.
“We are vehemently requesting the government to take measures to contain illegal encroachment near the lake which is not only a nature라이브 바카라 gift to us but also holds historical importance,”바카라 웹사이트said바카라 웹사이트Syed Zahoor, a student.
