Srinagar, April 8 -- Baba Demb, also known as Brari Nambal, is a small freshwater lake or lagoon situated in the heart of Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, specifically in the downtown area of Shehr-e-Khas near Khanyar. This water body, which historically connected Dal Lake to the Jhelum River through a channel, in the north to the now-filled Nallah Mar canal, and in the east to the outfall channel of Dal lake, holds a central position marked by the towering Babul Iqbal gate, built by the Srinagar Municipal Corporation in 2018.It had also outfall in the north via Eid gah connected it with Khushalsar and Gill Sar which has fallen pray to the encroachment. For over 500 years, since the reign of Sultan Zain-ul-Abidin in the 15th century, Baba Dem...