Workers remove weeds from Sukhna Lake in Chandigarh on Monday. Tribune photo: Pradeep Tewari
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, April 12
To maintain the beauty of the major landmark of the city, the UT Engineering Department has started removing weeds and lotus plants from the regulator end of Sukhna Lake.
CB Ojha, Chief Engineer, UT, said the process to clean the lake would continue till the arrival of monsoon season. The drive would be speeded up as water would start receding in the lake. He, however, ruled out de-siltation of the lake this year as its water level was still high.
The lake faces the problem of weed and lotus due to high nutrient level, which is conducive to the growth of aquatic weed.
A few years ago, the Punjab and Haryana High Court had directed the UT Administration to remove weeds from the lake.
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