Floating Vegetable Market

Dal lake is home to a few floating markets which still are active on lakes across the globe. Vietnam has the Cai Rang floating market which is followed by Thailand which has the Solomon Islands market and the Damnoen Saduak. Wait, back home in India we have our share of floating markets and one amongst them is on the beautiful Dal Lake in Srinagar, where the locals sell their produce in their canoes. Most of the vegetables sold in the floating market of Dal Lake are grown on the waters of the lake itself and are harvested a couple of hours before being sold. The floating gardens are created according to the Radha or Demb type, which is a unique feature of this lake. These constitute matted vegetation and soil but are detached from the bottom of the lake.