INDORE: After completion of deepening work of Bilawali Lake Indore Municipal Corporation (IMC) is all set to start work on revival of this lake by repairing the channel between the lake and Rau.The repair work would include replacement of old pipelines and deepening and widening of channel and officials claim that this would help them get extra 10MLD water for city.The civic body has already hired an agency for this work and work order on the same has also been released. A sum of Rs6.50 crore would be spent on this project.Officials said that the project includes replacement of old pipeline of 300m at five locations on the 7-km stretch between Bilawali and Rau.Spread over 3.35 sq km of area, the lake was built in Holkar era, and since then it supplied a significant portion of water for non-drinking needs of city. This lake was primarily fed by Rau channel.“As time passed, the lake witnessed steady depletion of water level, caused by tree felling and encroachments. For the last two years, water level in the lake has not crossed 70 per cent mark,” officials said.Detailing about the project, officials said that width and depth of channel would be increased by 3.5m and 4-5m respectively. Deepening is required on entire channel stretch while widening would be done on three locations including Silicon City, Hukumkhedi and Rau.“The alignment of channel has been disturbed due to various reasons, and during monsoon , water instead of going directly into Bilawali overflows from the channel,” said Sewakram Patidar , an engineer associated with the project.He said that this has prompted IMC to plan for a repair of the entire channel. “Once repaired, it would allow IMC to store maximum amount of water, which in turn would provide additional 10MLD water,” he said, adding that they aim to complete work before monsoon.

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