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Flood gates at Sukhna lake opened

| Monday | 24th September, 2018

CHANDIGARH: As the water level at Sukhna lake crossed danger mark of 1163 feet, the UT engineering department on Monday afternoon opened flood gates. The high court had taken suo motu notice of the depletion in water level in Sukhna lake in 2009 and had been monitoring the case since then. The continue rainfall had increased the water level at Sukhna lake. With 1161 feet in last week, the water level had touched 1162 feet on Saturday. Drying of Sukhna, a manmade lake, during summers has become an annual ritual but in the last 2-3 years the good rainfall resulted in increase in water level of the lake.

CHANDIGARH: As the water level at Sukhna lake crossed danger mark of 1163 feet, the UT engineering department on Monday afternoon opened flood gates. The continue rainfall had increased the water level at Sukhna lake. With 1161 feet in last week, the water level had touched 1162 feet on Saturday. On Monday, it crossed danger mark of 1163 feet.Before this, it was in 2008 when flood gates of the lake were opened after the water level crossed the 1163 mark.A senior official of the Engineering department said that they have informed senior officials and neighbouring governments Punjab and Haryana , after the water level crossed the 1163 feet-mark.In 1958, the lake encompassed 228 hectares. Today, it spanned 148 hectares, down by almost a third. Drying of Sukhna, a manmade lake, during summers has become an annual ritual but in the last 2-3 years the good rainfall resulted in increase in water level of the lake. The high court had taken suo motu notice of the depletion in water level in Sukhna lake in 2009 and had been monitoring the case since then.

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