Urban Administration & Development Minister Babulal Gaur has said that nullahs falling into the Upper lake will be effectively plugged and the lake will be made completely pollution-free.
Gaur inspected the lake on board cruise and gave necessary directives to officers.Gaur said that efforts to conserve the lake need to be ensured constantly. For this, SEPT University of Ahmedabad is chalking out a master plan.
The UAD minister informed that Rs 18 crore 50 lakh has been sanctioned recently under JNNURM for conservation of the lake. The Urban Administration Minister informed that lighting arrangements will also be made on peripheries of the Upper lake. He stressed the need for increasing tourist activities further around the lake. Gaur said that CPA should chalk out action plan for intensive plantation around the lake before rainy season.
Mayor Krishna Gaur informed that an empowered committee has been constituted for lake’s conservation. The catchment area of this 1000-year-old lake is 361 square kilometers where 87 villages are situated. length of lake bank is 57.30 kilometers. With this in view, adequate funds are required for lake conservation.
She said that a separate cell has been constituted in municipal corporation for conservation of Upper and other lakes in the city.
The UAD Minister inspected the places from where disposal water is falling into the lake from Masjid Alamgir area, Gauhar-Mahal, Shitla Mata Mandir, Badal Mahal, Koh-e-Fiza etc.
The UAD Minister Gaur was accompanied by Municipal Corporation Chairman Kailash Mishra, former administrative officer MN Buch, Commissioner Urban Administration and Development Sanjay Shukla and Bhopal Municipal Corporation Commissioner Vishesh Garhpale.