Foreshore Road is one of the prestigious roads in the city of
Srinagar
Srinagar (; ) is a city in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir in the disputed Kashmir region.The application of the term "administered" to the various regions of Kashmir and a mention of the Kashmir dispute is supported by the tertiary ...
.
The notability of the road lies in the fact that the entire road lies on the banks of
Dal Lake.
The road starts from
Hazratbal
Hazratbal is a notified area situated in the Srinagar district of Jammu and Kashmir. It is about from the Srinagar city center. The area became famous after the construction of Hazratbal Shrine, where hundreds of thousands of people visit ev ...
, Srinagar and ends at Nishat. The famous
Mughal Gardens
A Mughal garden is a type of garden built by the Mughal Empire, Mughals. This style was influenced by the Persian gardens particularly the Charbagh structure, which is intended to create a representation of an earthly utopia in which humans c ...
of
Shalimar Bagh and
Nishat Bagh
Nishat Bagh is a terraced Mughal garden built on the eastern side of the Dal Lake, close to Srinagar in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, India. It is the second-largest Mughal garden in the Kashmir Valley. Nishat Bagh is also loca ...
are situated on the road. The economy of the people living here greatly depends on
tourism
Tourism is travel for pleasure, and the Commerce, commercial activity of providing and supporting such travel. World Tourism Organization, UN Tourism defines tourism more generally, in terms which go "beyond the common perception of tourism as ...
. The road is also connected to the Boulevard road. Driving on the road provides glances of the beautiful Dal Lake and views of the sunset can be enjoyed from this road. In the summers the cool breeze of
Dal Lake provides respite to the people resting on the roadside. From 13 April every year, government officials open the Mughal Gardens for visitors around the world. Due to this, tourists can be seen on the way to visit these places. The Foreshore and Boulevard roads also host largest number of hotels for tourists in
Srinagar
Srinagar (; ) is a city in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir in the disputed Kashmir region.The application of the term "administered" to the various regions of Kashmir and a mention of the Kashmir dispute is supported by the tertiary ...
and is maintained by the
Government of Jammu and Kashmir
The Government of Jammu and Kashmir is the principal administrative authority responsible for the governance of the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. Established on 5 March 1948 as the Government of Princely state of Jammu and Ka ...
regularly.
Significance
The road rests on the northern boundary of the Dal Lake and provides necessary barricade for the possible encroachment in the form of construction.
Gallery
File:Foreshore Road 2014-08-23 10-57.jpg, Foreshore Road on the banks of Dal Lake
File:Dal Lake from foreshore road 2014-08-23 10-58.jpg, View of the Dal Lake from Foreshore Road
See also
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Hazratbal Shrine
The Hazratbal Shrine, popularly called Dargah Sharif (), is a Sufism, Sufi dargah and mosque, located in Hazratbal locality of Srinagar, in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir (union territory), Jammu and Kashmir, India. The site contains ...
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Kashmir University
University of Kashmir (UoK), informally known as Kashmir University (KU), is a collegiate public state university located in the Hazratbal neighbourhood, on the western side of Dal Lake in the city of Srinagar, in Jammu and Kashmir, India, w ...
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National Institute of Technology, Srinagar
National Institute of Technology Srinagar (NIT Srinagar or NITSRI) is a public technical university located in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India. It is one of the 31 National Institutes of Technology (NITs) and, as such, is directly under the ...
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90 Feet Road
National Highway 1 (NH 1) in India runs between the union territories of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh. It comprises parts of old NH1A and NH1D. The number 1 indicates, under the new numbering system, that it is the northernmost East–w ...
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Lal Bazar
Lal Bazar is a locality in the municipal committee of Srinagar in the Indian administered States and union territories of India, union territory of Jammu and Kashmir (union territory), Jammu and Kashmir. It comes under the Zadibal (Vidhan Sab ...
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Transport in Srinagar
Roads in Jammu and Kashmir