Khushal Sar ( ; ) is a

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located in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India. It is in a highly deteriorated condition and has been encroached upon at many places with illegal construction and landfilling. The lake once stretched from Zoonimar up to the

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but now it is considerably reduced. It is connected to the Anchar lake via a small channel. Another smaller lake, known as Gilsar, is connected to the Khushal Sar via a narrow strait, which is spanned by a bridge known as Gil Kadal. The Gilsar lake is in turn connected to the

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via the Nallah Amir Khan. Until the 1970s, the Mar Canal drained into this lake providing navigability up to

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via the Anchar lake. After the filling up of the Mar Canal, the condition of the lake deteriorated further.

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