'Pickle') is a lake located in Soura in the Srinagar district of the Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir.
It plays a pivotal role in maintaining the balance of aquatic life and promoting environmental harmony in the region.
This wetland serves as a connecting link between Anchar Lake and the Sind River.
[2] Once a popular tourist destination as tourists on shikaras and houseboats used to travel here from Dal Lake, over the years it has deteriorated owing to pollution, large scale encroachment, and illegal constructions in its surroundings.
[3] In the 1990s, when the Nallah Mar was covered to build the Mearplan highway around western side of Dal, six-foot pipes were laid under the new road, to allow Dal to continue to drain into the Anchar lake system, however the pipes soon clogged due to waste and debris.