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Prasad Nagar Lake Revival - Week 06

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Firstly, we are glad to share that DDA has recently formalised the contract for desilting of this lake. The contractor has begun the work. Now that the lake has dried up at an optimal level to begin work the contractor will utilize the machine to clear the lake of all the silt and rubbish. Following picture shows the state of the lake as on 10-Jun-18:



Our team will also supplement their efforts by actually getting inside the lake and clearing the waste. As you may have observed in the above pictures, a lot of this waste comprises of clay utensils thrown into the lake by some people during Chath Pooja. Our team is going to clear this waste along with any plastic or glass bottles.

Further, while we don't believe in forbidding anyone to practice their religious beliefs, we urge everyone to consider the environment while performing any actions. We are also planning to isolate one area of the lake that can be utilised to perform such religious activities. We'll create a barrier using a net, so that such articles don't flow into the other regions of the lake. This way, people can perform their religious activities, while the aquatic life in the lake can also be safe.

As for today, we continued our efforts to maintain the surrounding garden. One team of our volunteers utilized a fallen tree to create a bush surrounding a peepal tree infested with rats. This bush will also act as a barrier to people who put wheat flour.


Other team was involved in clearing the litter.


And lastly, kudos to the locals as well who got creative with utilising the unwanted NO PARKING boards to give messages on importance of trees!

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