A Kashmiri man rows a boat through the polluted waters of Dal Lake in Srinagar October 5, 2009. The lake has been polluted during decades of neglect and a separatist revolt. Dal Lake, the region's main tourist attraction which has drawn visitors from Mughal emperors to the Beatles star George Harrison, has shrunk from 25 sq km to 13 sq km since the 1980s, environmental campaigners say. Reuters Pictures 1 month ago

A Kashmiri man rows a boat through the polluted waters of Dal Lake in Srinagar October 5, 2009. The lake has been polluted during decades of neglect and a separatist revolt. Dal Lake, the region's main tourist attraction which has drawn visitors from Mughal emperors to the Beatles star George Harrison, has shrunk from 25 sq km to 13 sq km since the 1980s, environmental campaigners say.

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  1. Barbara Starkey, center, wife of Beatles drummer Ringo Starr, Yoko Ono, left, widow of Beatle John Lennon, and Olivia Harrison, widow of Beatle George Harrison, introduce designer Stella McCartney, daughter of Beatle Paul McCartney, as one of Glamour magazine's 2009 Women of the Year at an awards ceremony at Carnegie Hall in New York, Monday, Nov. 9, 2009.
  2. A worker points towards the remains of a houseboat, which he said was once used by the Beatle's George Harrison, in Srinagar October 22, 2009. For nearly a century, hand-carved houseboats bobbing on a placid lake drew millions of visitors to the stunningly beautiful Himalayan region of Kashmir. But the number of ornate boats is dwindling because of an 18-year-old ban on new construction of cedarwood houseboats and strict rules on renovation. Picture taken October 22, 2009. To match Reuters Life! story KASHMIR-HOUSEBOATS.
  3. A Kashmiri man rows a boat through the polluted waters of Dal Lake in Srinagar October 5, 2009. The lake has been polluted during decades of neglect and a separatist revolt. Dal Lake, the region's main tourist attraction which has drawn visitors from Mughal emperors to the Beatles star George Harrison, has shrunk from 25 sq km to 13 sq km since the 1980s, environmental campaigners say.
  4. Swans float in formation across the polluted waters of Dal Lake in Srinagar October 5, 2009. The lake has been polluted during decades of neglect and a separatist revolt. Dal Lake, the region's main tourist attraction which has drawn visitors from Mughal emperors to the Beatles star George Harrison, has shrunk from 25 sq km to 13 sq km since the 1980s, environmental campaigners say.
  5. A general view of Kashmir's polluted Dal Lake in Srinagar October 5, 2009. The lake has been polluted during decades of neglect and a separatist revolt. Dal Lake, the region's main tourist attraction which has drawn visitors from Mughal emperors to the Beatles star George Harrison, has shrunk from 25 sq km to 13 sq km since the 1980s, environmental campaigners say.
  6. A Kashmiri man irrigates his floating vegetable garden over polluted waters Dal Lake in Srinagar October 5, 2009. The lake has been polluted during decades of neglect and a separatist revolt. Dal Lake, the region's main tourist attraction which has drawn visitors from Mughal emperors to the Beatles star George Harrison, has shrunk from 25 sq km to 13 sq km since the 1980s, environmental campaigners say.
  7. A Kashmiri man rows a boat through the polluted waters of Dal Lake in Srinagar October 5, 2009. The lake has been polluted during decades of neglect and a separatist revolt. Dal Lake, the region's main tourist attraction which has drawn visitors from Mughal emperors to the Beatles star George Harrison, has shrunk from 25 sq km to 13 sq km since the 1980s, environmental campaigners say.
  8. A Kashmiri woman collects weeds from the polluted waters of Dal Lake in Srinagar October 5, 2009. The lake has been polluted during decades of neglect and a separatist revolt. Dal Lake, the region's main tourist attraction which has drawn visitors from Mughal emperors to the Beatles star George Harrison, has shrunk from 25 sq km to 13 sq km since the 1980s, environmental campaigners say.

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