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Kashmiri environmentalist Manzoor Wangnoo revives twin lakes in Srinagar
Ehsan Fazili/Srinagar
Three years of sustained community-driven work to clean the nearly dead Khushalsar-Gilsar twin lakes of Srinagar, Kashmir, spearheaded by the reputed businessman-turned-environmentalist Manzoor Ahmad Wangnoo, have borne fruit.
Named Mission Ehsaas, the cleansing campaign by the Nigeen Lake Conservation Organization (NLCO), founded by Wangnoo, meant excavating about 5,000 truckloads of muck and trash from the lakes...