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By Express News ServiceCHENNAI: A division bench of the Madras High Court rejected PIL petitions to restrain the government from digging five giant wells in the Madambakkam lake in Kancheepuram district. The water from these wells will be used only for purpose of drinking and would not be sold. 3 of the Chennai Metropolitan Area Ground Water (Regulation) Act. It was also found that the ground water level is higher than other areas, where the wells are proposed to be sunk. The petitioners alleged that Madambakkam lake is dry, damaged and in a dilapidated condition and the actual lake has shrunk..