India News: Strong gusty winds accompanied by rain caused widespread disruption in Srinagar and surrounding areas on Friday, affecting air traffic, uprooting trees, and leading to the incident in Dal Lake where a boat capsized.

Shikara capsizes in Dal Lake, Srinagar, due to strong gusty winds | WATCH

Kashmir has broken all the records of tourist arrivals in the last few years and there have been many new developments related to the tourism industry in the valley. From the floating post office to the floating ATM on the world-famous Dal Lake, now it's the Shikara rides that can be booked via an app to make it hassle-free for tourists.

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The illuminated shikara's are ready to take you on a dreamy ride through the night are a sight to behold the most of the shikharas and the Dal lake have been illuminated; the step has been taken to boost tourism as well as to bring in some nightlife in the Kashmir valley.

Illuminated shikaras light up Kashmir's Dal Lake

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This is a story of an inspiring father-daughter duo from Kashmir. 8-year-old eco-warrior Jannat is fighting hard to save the Dal lake, while her father, Tariq Ahmad, runs an ambulance Shikara- a Kashmiri boat, which he uses to ferry COVID patients living on the lake. Tariq started this initiative after he contracted the virus last year. Indian prime minister Narendra Modi has also lauded his initiative.

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Twenty-five foreign envoys kicked-off their two-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir on February 12 with a ride on shikara, a boat famous amongst tourists visiting Dal Lake. Some of the delegation members hail from countries like Germany, France, Canada, Afghanistan, Czech Republic, Poland, and Hungary.

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Tourism workers in Kashmir's summer capital Srinagar, home to the scenic Dal Lake that houses hundreds of floating houseboat hotels and Shikara boats, were defiant in their opposition to India's decision to strip the autonomous regions if its autonomy, saying on Tuesday (August 20) that despite declining business their main concern was their rights as Kashmiri.

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