Srinagar, May 6: A tourist from the USA died on Wednesday while he was staying in a houseboat in the world-famous Dal Lake in Kashmir.
Police said 83-year-old John David Anderson was rushed to a nearby private hospital after he complained of uneasiness in the chest.
Doctors at the local hospital said he was dead on arrival. Anderson was staying in the houseboat with his wife, Judith Anne McCarthy.
Police have taken cognisance of the incident and started proceedings to ascertain the exact cause of Anderson’s death.
Houseboats are traditionally designed or modified boats used as permanent or temporary dwellings, famously operating as luxury tourist accommodations in Kashmir’s Dal/Nigeen Lakes and Kerala’s backwaters.
These floating homes offer unique, stationary, or cruising stays featuring wood-panelled rooms, modern amenities, and local cuisine, often serviced by personal chefs and caretakers.
As the summer heat picks up in the plains, tourists, both domestic and foreign, have started arriving in Kashmir in good numbers.
