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By Abdulmoeed FaruquiBHOPAL: The depleting water level in the Upper Lake has robbed the fun of tourists to prefer to take a cruise ride. Upper Lake or Bada Talab is the largest manmade lake in the country, whose water is still good enough for drinking water. Taking into consideration the importance of the international event, speed boats have also been pulled out of active operation, he added.Sources said that cruise boat capacity has been reduced owing to the falling water level of the Upper Lake. The cruise boat needs a depth of about 7-feet water to sail ,” he said.Tourism representatives are tight-lipped at the situation with the water level in the lake just three feet short of the dead-storage level. The cruise does not operate during the afternoon and it is only around sunset that cruise boat starts operating in the Upper Lake.Over the weekend, the tourism department expects a dent in revenue owing to the situation..