Admn bids to save Sukhna

Tells Punjab to stop flow of Kansal rivulet into lake

Chandigarh, January 21
In an effort to save the city’s landmark, Sukhna Lake, the UT Administration has written a letter to the Punjab Government to make arrangements to stop the flow of seasonal rivulet from the Kansal area in Punjab into the Sukhna. The committee, constituted by the UT Administration to save the Sukhna, has sent a letter to the Punjab government. If the UT Administration officials are to be believed, this polluted water is one of the major reasons behind the problem of weed in the Sukhna.

According to information, the seasonal rivulet that passes through different areas of Punjab also passes through the Kansal area. In the Kansal area, there are some cracks in the seasonal rivulet and from there the water enters into the Sukhna sanctuary and further enters the lake.

Sources added that as the water passed through fields before entering the Sukhna, pesticides, which farmers used in their fields, also entered the lake.The problem of polluted water increased in the rainy season.

A senior official of the UT Administration said that though they had issued letter to the Punjab government, but the Administration was also taking a few steps. The Administration is planning to build a check dam in the sanctuary and will store the polluted water, which will evaporate naturally. This water could be used for the Sukhna sanctuary’s work as well, he added.

Last year, the National Botanical Research Institute (NBRI), had submitted a report to the UT Administration identifying types of weeds. In their report, the NBRI experts had identified five types of the weeds namely vallisneria spiralis, potamogeton crispus, hydrilla, ceratophyllum and typia that grows in the Sukhna.