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'''Shakoor Lake''' is a lake, comprising 300 km2, located on the border between the Indian state of [[Gujarat]] and the [[Sindh]] province on the southern edge of [[Pakistan]]. About 90 km2 of the lake comes under Pakistan, whilst the majority of the lake i.e. 210  km2, lies within India. The Indian built Indo-Pak Border Road runs across the Shakoor Lake and it is joined by the Indian GJ SH 45 [[List of state highways in Gujarat|State Highway]] just east of the lake, at the [[Kanjarkot Fort]].

During the [[2010 Pakistan floods]], a controversial decision was made by Provincial Minister of Sindh, [[Zulfiqar Mirza]], to release saline water and [[effluent]] into Shakoor Lake to alleviate pressure on the [[Left Bank Outfall Drain]] (LBOD) in [[Badin]], Pakistan.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/233060/deliberate-breach-in-seawater-drain-could-prevent-flooding/|title= LBOD Breach|publisher=[[The Express Tribune]] |date=17 August 2011 |accessdate=18 April 2019}}</ref>

==Origin==
[[File:Gujarat Geological map.jpg|thumb|260px|Lake formed by the earthquake of 1819 (Greenough, 1855)]]
[[File:Kachchh Area.png|thumb|260px|Satellite photo showing location of the Allah Bund]]
This lake is formed by the emergence of [[1819 Rann of Kutch earthquake|Allah Bund]] on its southern side by blocking the [[Nara Canal|Nara river]] (also known as Puran river or Kori river) when a massive earth quake struck the area in 1819. During the river flooding, Shakoor lake surpluses into the [[Kori Creek]] through the gaps formed in Allah Bund. Another low level lake called Sindri lake, located at {{Coord|24|02|11|N|69|05|59|E|name=Sindri lake}}, is also formed by [[subsidence]] to the south of the uplifted Allah Bund during the earthquake. Geographically and environmentally, Lake Shakoor is part of the cross-border [[Rann of Kutch]], a large seasonal salt marsh and a [[Global 200]] [[Ecoregion]].

== Environmental concerns ==
The way water retention and salt extraction has been practised in the Rann of Kutch region, is causing, and has already caused, devastating effects on the local environment; reducing the natural wild life population, drying up and deforesting jungle habitats and [[mangrove]]s, and threatening the entire regional [[ecosystem]]. In Lake Shakoor, salt extraction has been seen as the main culprit in this regard.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cseindia.org/content/experts-pakistan-india-call-implementing-bali-declaration|title= Environmental changes in Coastal Areas of Sindhi|publisher=Centre for Science and Environment (CSE)|date=2 December 2010|accessdate= 2015-12-28}}</ref>

== Border disputes ==
The Shakoor Lake area became involved in the century long "Kutch Dispute" in the 1960s, when Pakistani forces entered the area with a tank division and fortified the Kanjar Kot Fort. The Kutch Dispute then became part of the long-running and continuing border disputes between India and Pakistan, but it originated in the 1910s between the [[Bombay Presidency]] and the [[Princely State of Cutch]], thus predating the creation of India and Pakistan. The borders in the [[Kutch Region]] was finally settled and effectuated on February 19, 1968, when both sides accepted the award of the Indo-Pakistan Western Boundary Case Tribunal designated by the [[United Nations|UN]] secretary general. [[Sir Creek]] in the southwest of [[Great Rann of Kutch]] is still disputed though.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/war/rann-of-kutch.htm|title=Rann of Kutch 1965|publisher=GlobalSecurity.org |accessdate=28 December 2015}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[1819 Rann of Kutch earthquake]]
* [[Chotiari Dam]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== Sources and external links ==
* [http://www.wwfpak.org/ecoregions/index.php Ecoregions of Pakistan] WWF
* [http://www.brecorder.com/weekend-magazine/0:/1203773:the-looming-disaster/?date=2012-06-23 "The looming disaster"]
* [https://goo.gl/maps/7CNHR Google Maps for the lake]

[[Category:Lakes of Gujarat]]
[[Category:Lakes of Sindh]]
[[Category:Kutch district]]

Shakoor Lake - Revision history

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