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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:
Before and after pics of this lake. pic.twitter.com/ZR3FgjpoWw
— Sudha Ramen IFS 🇮🇳 (@SudhaRamenIFS) December 5, 2019
This was the lake that was dead and dried up a year back. This was the lake that had missed its bird guests. This was one of the water body we had worked hard to revive and rejuvenate. Now the water and the birds are back and our smiles too. Work is pleasure. pic.twitter.com/E9GAJ5vxOC
— Sudha Ramen IFS 🇮🇳 (@SudhaRamenIFS) December 5, 2019
Pls seek the help of local Govt agencies. Gather volunteers, identify& clear up the natural drainage channels, desilt the lake, strengthen its bunds, plant native trees on banks, plan for a good stable weir and link it to near by water body. Finally, pray for good rains. https://t.co/yJYXBZqQew
— Sudha Ramen IFS 🇮🇳 (@SudhaRamenIFS) December 5, 2019
Thank you for the kind words Sir. Credit goes to my team who executed this work and more to the North East Monsoon that gave us the fruitful results. நன்றி https://t.co/S1Ng7lNpMW
— Sudha Ramen IFS 🇮🇳 (@SudhaRamenIFS) December 5, 2019
People on Twitter are lauding the Forest Department for their efforts to successfully bring back the lake to life. Have a look:
Great job. Congratulations and thank you. Such works are like oases in deserts of news on concretization, ecological damage, afforestation, soil degradation etc etc. That list is long unfortunately. https://t.co/QBdPDGMnMC
— Aniruddha Patwardhan (@anibphot) December 6, 2019
Congratulations.Wish more and more govt employees bring this passion to their work.With govt resources at their command they can positively impact people's lives in a long lasting way.Thanks
— R. Vishwanathan (@Vishraghu51) December 5, 2019
Kudos to all those who worked to rejuvenate this wetland. Please extend this effort to multiple locations as water is the most precious resource of every community.
— Fersos Daruwala (@goldchest4) December 5, 2019
Fantastic efforts. Dedication reflects..
One of the rare sights were destruction of place got reversed….Thankyou so much for sharing the inspirational work.— Rajesh Gupta (@rajeshguptamx) December 5, 2019
https://twitter.com/AnuragAtul/status/1202628944354111488
@SudhaRamenIFS
Lakes are the finest wetlands which
1. Absorbs excess water and can help us prevent water scarcity like situation
2. Prevents flooding
3. Makes atmosphere around it cool and fresh
4. Attracts tourism
Salute to you for your exemplary work.
We all must wake up now https://t.co/q2GwLTTIlc— Kumar Gandharv🇮🇳 (@KumarGandharv15) December 5, 2019
https://twitter.com/vartak_chitra/status/1202644902225399808
Kudos to each and every person who has been involved in this great cause.🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
India needs massive revival of such water bodies immediately. @SudhaRamenIFS @nehaa_sinha @yamunajiye @BhavreenMK https://t.co/JZ3zHhyuCW— Nitin Shriwas (@nitinshriwas88) December 5, 2019
Fabulous, fantastic, praiseworthy!!!!! https://t.co/wDqNbIgmnm
— Joydip D Sur (@SublimeJoys) December 6, 2019
Kudos to the Forest Department for this brilliant job. We hope more officials take the initiative to save our environment!
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