{"id":98757,"date":"2026-04-17T15:47:35","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T10:17:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=98757"},"modified":"2026-04-17T15:47:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T10:17:35","slug":"hokersar-lake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/hokersar-lake\/","title":{"rendered":"Hokersar Lake"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Hokersar Lake Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) recently warned of severe ecological degradation of Hokersar Lake, with over 2,500 kanals encroached.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Hokersar Lake<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hokersar, also known as <\/span><b>Hokera<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, is a large <\/span><b>natural wetland near Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It spans 13.75 sq.km. and rests at 1,585 meters above sea level.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The wetland lies in the <\/span><b>Jhelum River basin<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>receives water mainly from <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the <\/span><b>Doodhganga River (a tributary of Jhelum).\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is located in the <\/span><b>northwest Himalayan biogeographic province of Kashmir, behind <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the snow-draped <\/span><b>Pir Panchal.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the <\/span><b>largest bird sanctuary in the Kashmir Valley <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and a designated <\/span><b>Ramsar site, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">recognized for its international ecological importance.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It serves as a critical habitat and <\/span><b>resting place for various migratory waterbirds from Siberia, Central Asia<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and <\/span><b>Northern Europe,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> hosting around 68 waterfowl species, including some endangered ones.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hokersar is <\/span><b>rich in aquatic vegetation<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> such as<\/span><b> reedbeds and water chestnuts, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">which provide food and shelter for fish and birds.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Apart from biodiversity conservation, the wetland acts as a <\/span><b>floodwater absorption basin <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and supports local livelihoods.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, it faces <\/span><b>threats from human encroachment, pollution, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and conversion to agriculture, which have <\/span><b>reduced its size over time. <\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devdiscourse.com\/article\/science-environment\/3876208-cag-sounds-alarm-on-hokersar-lakes-ecological-decline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">DEVD<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hokersar Lake is a large natural wetland near Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir. 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