: Photo essay: In Kashmir, an annual festival has kept a spring clean for centuries #IndiaNEWS All the children and men in a village taking a day off once a year to go fishing together may sound like

Photo essay: In Kashmir, an annual festival has kept a spring clean for centuries #IndiaNEWS
All the children and men in a village taking a day off once a year to go fishing together may sound like a tale from bygone days, but this Kashmir village has witnessed it for ages. Nature has bestowed the southern Anantnag district of Indian-administered Kashmir with numerous springs. The largest among them is in Panzath village of Qazigund.Known as Panzath Nag to locals, the spring has given the village its name. Derived from “Paanch Hath�? – Kashmiri numeral for five hundred – the spring is said to have been once a source to as many smaller ones. In the absence of an actual official count, experts say most of them have died out due to pollution and encroachments, such as the sprawl of residential houses and business establishments due to the increasing population. The spring brings forth a rivulet which, besides irrigating the paddy fields in several downstream villages, provides drinking water to over 25 others through supply lines. A nearby trout fish hatchery and an associated sale centre established by the government’s Department of Fisheries rely on the spring for its perennial water needs.But in late summer, when the water table goes down, the growth of aquatic weeds such as coontails,...Read more

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