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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.
ಮೂಲಗಳು: Topper IAS editorial (PIB / The Hindu / Indian Express)
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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
ಪ್ರಿಲಿಮ್ಸ್ · ಮೇನ್ಸ್
How the exam will ask it
ಪ್ರಿಲಿಮ್ಸ್
- 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.
ಮೇನ್ಸ್
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
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ಈ ಜೋಡಿಗಳನ್ನು ಗಮನಿಸಿ: ಸರೋವರ — ಸ್ಥಳ
- ದಾಲ್ ಸರೋವರ — ಶ್ರೀನಗರ
- ಲೋಕ್ತಕ್ ಸರೋವರ — ಮಣಿಪುರ
- ಚಿಲಿಕಾ ಸರೋವರ — ಒಡಿಶಾ
- ಪ್ಯಾಂಗಾಂಗ್ ತ್ಸೋ — ಹಿಮಾಚಲ ಪ್ರದೇಶ ಮೇಲಿನ ಎಷ್ಟು ಜೋಡಿಗಳು ಸರಿಯಾಗಿ ಹೊಂದಿಕೆಯಾಗಿವೆ?
- ಒಂದು ಮಾತ್ರ
- ಎರಡು ಮಾತ್ರ
- ಮೂರು ಮಾತ್ರ
- ನಾಲ್ಕೂ
ಉತ್ತರ ನೋಡಿ
ಉತ್ತರ: C — ಸರಿಯಾದ ಉತ್ತರ: ಮೂರು ಮಾತ್ರ. ದಾಲ್ (ಶ್ರೀನಗರ), ಲೋಕ್ತಕ್ (ಮಣಿಪುರ) ಮತ್ತು ಚಿಲಿಕಾ (ಒಡಿಶಾ) ಸರಿಯಾಗಿ ಹೊಂದಿವೆ. ಪ್ಯಾಂಗಾಂಗ್ ತ್ಸೋ ಲಡಾಖ್‌ನಲ್ಲಿದೆ, ಹಿಮಾಚಲ ಪ್ರದೇಶದಲ್ಲಿ ಅಲ್ಲ; ಆದ್ದರಿಂದ ಮೂರು ಜೋಡಿಗಳು ಮಾತ್ರ ಸರಿ.
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