Retd. Wing Com. Mr. Bhojraj moved to Manipal in the year ’94 and has been looking after the Manipal Lake
for the past 6-7 years. So, he’ll let us know a few things about the lake. How
government is helping in maintaining the lake. A quick insight to this environmentalist efforts in preserving the lake and giving Manipal its first ever perennial source of water.
". Manipal name came from this lake which is known as “Mannupalla”. In Kannada, ‘Mannu’ means soil and ‘Palla’ means pond. So, if you see the topography here, all around you find laterite stone and it is more like a bowl shaped area. With excessive rain of almost 4000mm in this area, all the soil which was on the top of the hill and the catchment area was moving in here."
". Manipal name came from this lake which is known as “Mannupalla”. In Kannada, ‘Mannu’ means soil and ‘Palla’ means pond. So, if you see the topography here, all around you find laterite stone and it is more like a bowl shaped area. With excessive rain of almost 4000mm in this area, all the soil which was on the top of the hill and the catchment area was moving in here."
"We thought why don’t we develop the bio diversityof
this place.As you see today you find a lot of changes ,you will find a number
of trees,variety of trees and even if you see the growth here you will find
that earlier there was no grass here. Today its full of biodiversity-grass,shrubs,whatever
you call it is here.so we have seen the result.So over a period of time we hope
will be able to retaion the water throughout the year."
". I think our politicians should come out of their
land grabbing attitude and should come and see how we can make life of people
comfortable here"
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