Nallah Mar

Nallah Mar
Nallah Mar
	Nallah Mar Canal in Srinagar, India
	Nallah Mar highlighted in red
Location	Srinagar, J&K, India
Specifications
Status	Landfilled and replaced by the Nallah Mar Road
History
Date of first use	c. 15th century
Date closed	1970s
Geography
Start point	Brari Nambal
End point	Khushal Sar
Connects to	Khushal Sar

Nallah Mar or Mar Canal (also known as Mar Kol) was a navigational canal running through the old city of Srinagar in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. It connected the Brari Nambal lagoon to the Khushal Sar lake and thus provided navigability between the Dal and Aanchar lakes. It was filled up and converted to a road in the 1970s.^[1]

History

The canal was built during the reign of Sultan Zain-ul-Abidin (popularly known in Kashmir as 'Budshah'). It was considered as a lifeline of the city even up to the early part of the 20th century. However, with the arrival of motor transport, it gradually lost its sheen. As such, it was filled up to pave way for a road through the old city. The filling up of the canal is considered an ecological disaster as it led to the choking up of Brari Nambal and in turn affected the entire water system of the city.^[1]