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J&K High Court bars motorboats and jet skis on Dal Lake
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Jet skis banned on Dal Lake: the conservation order and the lake-location pairs aspirants must know
The Jammu and Kashmir High Court has barred shikara motorboats and jet skis on Dal Lake in Srinagar.
Why it matters: general awareness
What you need to know
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The Jammu and Kashmir High Court has barred shikara motorboats and jet skis on Dal Lake in Srinagar.
Boats used by the administration for emergency services, law and order and disaster management are exempted.
સ્રોત: Topper IAS editorial (PIB / The Hindu / Indian Express)
મુખ્ય તથ્યો
Remember these
- The J&K High Court barred shikara motorboats and jet skis on Dal Lake, Srinagar
- Boats for emergency services, law and order and disaster management are exempted
- Dal Lake is an urban freshwater lake in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir
- Loktak Lake is in Manipur and Chilika Lake is in Odisha; Pangong Tso is in Ladakh
- Environment is tested under GS-III; court directions fall under GS-II judiciary
પ્રિલિમ્સ · મેઇન્સ
How the exam will ask it
પ્રિલિમ્સ
- Dal Lake is located in Srinagar in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
- Loktak Lake (Manipur) and Chilika Lake (Odisha) are well-known Indian lakes; Pangong Tso lies in Ladakh.
- Courts can issue directions restricting polluting activities to protect water bodies, with exemptions for emergency and disaster-management services.
મેઇન્સ
GS-III Environment with GS-II judiciary: motorised boating and jet skis degrade fragile urban lakes like Dal, and the High Court has stepped in with a ban that exempts emergency, law-and-order and disaster-management boats. The implication is judicial enforcement of conservation where administrative regulation has lagged. Way forward: strict enforcement, sewage and encroachment control, and low-impact tourism that protects livelihoods of shikara operators.
Quick recall
Answer before you reveal
Consider the following pairs: Lake — Location
- Dal Lake — Srinagar
- Loktak Lake — Manipur
- Chilika Lake — Odisha
- Pangong Tso — Himachal Pradesh
How many of the above pairs are correctly matched?
- Only one
- Only two
- Only three
- All four
જવાબ જુઓ
જવાબ: C — The correct answer is Only three. Dal (Srinagar), Loktak (Manipur) and Chilika (Odisha) are correctly matched. Pangong Tso is in Ladakh, not Himachal Pradesh, so only three pairs are correct.
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