Canal restoration can augment freshwater flow to Kukkarahalli lake says: Report

Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar, Subhash Adi chairman, State-level committee of the National Green Tribunal, U.N. Ravikumar environmental expert, and others at the inauguration of a workshop to conserve Kukkarahalli Lake, in Mysuru on Tuesday. (Source: M.A. SRIRAM)

The beleaguered Kukkarahalli Lake in the heart of Mysuru which is a major lung space and a biodiversity hotspot, can see better days even if a portion of the feeder canal was restored.

An initial survey by INTACH which has been commissioned by the district administration to prepare a detailed project report, States that restoring even 2.5 km of the canal can augment the freshwater inflow by 30 per cent.