Errakunta lake oozes on all sides

Drain fails to stop lake from occupying road from all sides

Errakunta lake of Nacharam oozes on all its sides like a gigantic spider. Water from the lake gushes forth onto the road, which, strangely enough, is at level with the maximum water spread area. To the first time visitor, it would look as if the lake has breached its bund. However, one would be surprised to know there is no bund for the lake for quite some time. There is no trace of bund even in the HMDA maps from 2014. “Flooding is a perennial problem, surfacing every monsoon. To address it, we have got this drain constructed recently,” says Saizen Shekhar, a local leader and husband of corporator Shanti Saizen Shekhar.