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Dal Lake

Kashmir's Divisional Commissioner participates in Dal Lake de-weeding drive

| @indiablooms | Oct 17, 2021, at 04:10 am

Srinagar/IBNS: The Divisional Commissioner Kashmir Pandurang K Pole Thursday visited Dal Lake and participated in the ongoing cleaning drive conducted by the Department of Lakes and Waterways Development Authority (LAWDA).

The Divisional Commissioner at the occasion was accompanied by officers from LDA and the Joint Commissioner of Srinagar Municipal Corporation.

The LAWDA is engaging about 350-400 labourers per day for de-weeding the periphery of Dal Lake which is about 1.32 sq km area.

In the process, the LDA has also pressed into service seven machines. These machines are used for de-weeding and skimming in the inner parts of Dal Lake. The drive will end on October 16.

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