Summary:
From occupying a whopping 77 acres of land, the lake has now been reduced to a mere 10 acres. “We have got the NOC (no-objection certificate) from Public Works Department to clean the lake and beauty it. When the corporation officials came upon this waterbody, they decided to turn into a place for public activity. Who to blameRamanathan, a resident of Manali, said that the lake is almost 50 years old. When Manali New Town emerged, residents’ complexes and industries started growing and parts of the lake were taken up by these lobbies’’ he alleged..