Lake Inside Chennai Zoo Which Had Dried Due To Drought Has Been Revived By Forest Department

This year, we saw how global warming caused massive drought and water scarcity in several parts of the country, including Chennai. One of the victims of such extreme weather conditions has been a lake inside Chennai’s Vandalur Zoo. The lake had dried up entirely about a year ago. But thankfully, the Indian Forest Department was able to do something about it.

According to a report by The Indian Express, the Indian Forest Department have revived Chennai’s Vandalur Zoo lake. An IFS officer, Sudha Ramen, took to Twitter to post before-after images of the lake. She also went on to state the measures which were taken to revive the lake like clearing up natural drainage channels, desilting water bodies, planting native trees near the banks, etc.

She claims that the Northeast monsoon helped a great deal for the lake to fill with water again and that the birds have come back.

Have a look at her tweets:

People on Twitter are lauding the Forest Department for their efforts to successfully bring back the lake to life. Have a look:

https://twitter.com/AnuragAtul/status/1202628944354111488

https://twitter.com/vartak_chitra/status/1202644902225399808

Kudos to the Forest Department for this brilliant job. We hope more officials take the initiative to save our environment!

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