udaipur/pushkar lake dry ?

miravila · Oct 22nd, 2009, 19:14

hello everybody!

has anybody actual informations about the lakes in udaipur and pushkar?

this would help us to decide which city we should visit.

thank you for your answer!

genesis · Oct 22nd, 2009, 22:08

Just back from Udaipur. The lake has tons of water. Enough to charter a boat and take a spin

Udaipur and Pushkar are very different cities. Apples and Oranges comparision.
Udaipur has history/palaces etc and is a much larger city the other is more religion oriented.

wonderwomanusa · Oct 23rd, 2009, 07:23

Someone posted yesterday that she'd been to Pushkar and the lake was dry. I wish she'd posted a photo.

anouk · Oct 26th, 2009, 11:14

yes, the lake is dry due to "beautification measures" taken by the municipal authorities. They apparently made the lake deeper by digging away the silt. As a result the lake could not hold the sparse rainwater and now it is empty.
Here is the article in the TOI with photos:

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/i...ow/5154696.cms

raina_zen · Oct 28th, 2009, 16:50

How long is this all supposed to take?

ballin1 · Nov 3rd, 2009, 02:09

Just came back from Rajasthan. Pushkar's lake is indeed bone dry with construction going on. It looks like it will be dry well into next year as they still seem to be working on it (although there wasn't that much work going on...just a bunch of equipment). Udaipur lake has enough water. Supposedly, its a few feet lower than it should be right now since its been hotter than normal for this time of year. But there's still plenty of water. It was beautiful.

wonderwomanusa · Nov 3rd, 2009, 07:49

There's another photo of Pushkar Lake at the bottom of THIS page:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl.../10/30/dip.DTL

Oct 22nd, 2009, 19:14	#1
miravila Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: germany Posts: 2	udaipur/pushkar lake dry ? hello everybody! has anybody actual informations about the lakes in udaipur and pushkar? this would help us to decide which city we should visit. thank you for your answer!

Oct 23rd, 2009, 07:23	#3
wonderwomanusa Maha Guru Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Northern California Posts: 4,261	Someone posted yesterday that she'd been to Pushkar and the lake was dry. I wish she'd posted a photo. __________________ The map is not the territory. --Alfred Korzybski

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genesis Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Mumbai Posts: 153	Just back from Udaipur. The lake has tons of water. Enough to charter a boat and take a spin Udaipur and Pushkar are very different cities. Apples and Oranges comparision. Udaipur has history/palaces etc and is a much larger city the other is more religion oriented.

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anouk Devotee of the Indian Horse Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Argentina Posts: 90	yes, the lake is dry due to "beautification measures" taken by the municipal authorities. They apparently made the lake deeper by digging away the silt. As a result the lake could not hold the sparse rainwater and now it is empty. Here is the article in the TOI with photos: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/i...ow/5154696.cms

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ballin1 Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 36	Just came back from Rajasthan. Pushkar's lake is indeed bone dry with construction going on. It looks like it will be dry well into next year as they still seem to be working on it (although there wasn't that much work going on...just a bunch of equipment). Udaipur lake has enough water. Supposedly, its a few feet lower than it should be right now since its been hotter than normal for this time of year. But there's still plenty of water. It was beautiful.

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wonderwomanusa Maha Guru Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Northern California Posts: 4,261	There's another photo of Pushkar Lake at the bottom of THIS page: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl.../10/30/dip.DTL