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Indian Economy - Understanding the basics of Indian economic system

27-Apr-18

Badkhal Lake revival project

The process of reviving the dried-up Badkhal Lake in Faridabad has begun. The state government has handed over the work of refilling the lake to the Faridabad Smart City Limited (FSSL), the company looking after the Smart City project here.
The Rs 67-crore project is likely to be completed within two years.
The earlier proposal of refilling the lake with irrigation water was dropped after a study found it unfeasible. Later, the authorities decided to fill the lake with the help of a sewage-treatment plant (STP) and it would be done by the FSSL and not the Irrigation Department.
Spread over 40 acres, the lake had gone dry almost two decades back mainly due to illegal mining and operation of private water bottling plants in its vicinity. Though several meetings took place regarding revival of the lake that was first taken up in 2015, the main problem had been a permanent source of water as it required a continuous inflow of thousands of gallon round the year.

By: Dr. Vivek Rana

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