Chandigarh Chandigarh administrator Banwarilal Purohit on Wednesday gave in-principle approval for an artificial operating monitor at Sukhna Lake.

UT adviser Dharam Pal, stated, “The Chandigarh Heritage Conservation Committee had earlier given its go-ahead for the proposal. Next, the detailed plan and cost estimates will be prepared; and then, tenders will be floated for the project.”

The artificial monitor will are available in place of the present jogging monitor, although will probably be wider. The present jogging monitor runs alongside the size of the lake ranging from the primary entry to the regulatory finish.

The three-square kilometer lake was created in 1958 and conceptualised by architect Le Corbusier. The lake is fringed by a golf course to the south and Nek Chand’s well-known Rock Garden to its west. It is a well-liked vacation spot for not solely vacationers, but in addition health-conscious residents who flip up there commonly within the morning and night for walks and jogs.

A UT official stated the proposed monitor is a part of the administration’s efforts to provide Sukhna Lake a serious facelift. The administration has already drawn out a 20-lakh plan so as to add extra greenery on the lake, together with multi-hued landscaping and upkeep.

A UT official, stated, “The plan is to make the area surrounding Sukhna Lake more beautiful, under which new saplings will be planted from the lake island up to the regulatory gate. Along with maintenance, installation of tiles and white stones will also be completed.”

Various forms of flowers and saplings will likely be planted by the horticulture division together with Crape Jasmine, Euphorbia Milii, Rose, Tecoma Grandiflora, Furcraea Foetida and Alternanthera.

The official stated that the work within the space from the watch tower to the regulatory finish will likely be accomplished for 13.70 lakh, whereas 7.33 lakh will likely be spent on the Garden of Silence.

Online permits for Sukhna Wildlife Sanctuary

The State Board for Wildlife, Chandigarh, has additionally determined to difficulty on-line permits for Sukhna Wildlife Sanctuary on fee of nominal charge.

For the preservation of the lake, the administration will even be taking the difficulty of the eco-sensitive zone across the sanctuary together with its boundary with Punjab and Haryana within the Northern Zonal Council (NZC) scheduled later this 12 months in Jaipur.

The administration has already notified a 2 to 2.75km radius across the Sukhna Wildlife Sanctuary as an ESZ.

In a collection of instructions associated to preservation of the lake, the Punjab and Haryana excessive courtroom had directed the administration to make sure that the common capability of the lake is elevated by at the least about 100-150 hectares by one-time large-scale desilting ( dredging). The administration was additionally directed to keep up the capability by means of common dredging.

Salient options

Synthetic monitor to come back up in place of the present jogging monitor and will likely be 5 to six toes broad

It will begin from police publish and finish close to Garden of Silence

Part of UT’s efforts to provide Sukhna Lake a serious facelift

Chandigarh Heritage Conservation Committee had earlier given its go-ahead for the proposal.