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Bhutnal
Lake
Garden
ಭೂತನಾಳ
ಕೆರೆThe
century-old
Bhutnal
Tank
of
Vijayapura
has
now
got
a
new
lease
of
life
with
water
gushing
into
the
tank
from
the
Krishna
river.
Spread
over
an
area
of
534
acres,
Bhutnal
Tank’s
blueprint
was
prepared
by
Sir.
M.
Visvesvaraya
in
1911.
The
tank
was
initially
built
to
supply
water
to
a
population
of
1.5
lakh.
However,
over
the
years
the
population
increased
and
also
frequent
drought
resulted
in
the
water
level
in
the
tank
to
fall.
However,
the
tank
was
recently
chosen
to
be
rejuvenated
under
the
State
government’s
ambitious
tank-filling
project.
Through
the
project
—
being
implemented
by
the
Water
Resources
Department
—
the
tank
is
getting
water
from
the
Krishna
river.
The
total
storage
capacity
of
the
tank
is
279.52
million
cubic
feet.
With
the
tank
gradually
getting
filled
up,
officials
here
believe
that
they
can
resume
water
supply
to
the
city’s
nine
wards
in
a
couple
of
months
when
the
tank
is
filled
to
the
brim.
“Using
the
present
available
set
up,
we
can
supply
water
daily
to
at
least
70,000
people
of
the
city.
The
number
can
easily
be
doubled
if
technology
is
improved
and
supply
line
is
developed,”
an
official
said.
The
officials
further
said
that
the
tank
will
not
only
help
in
supplying
water,
but
also
recharge
groundwater
table
of
the
surrounding
villages,
including
Baratagi,
Bhutanal,
Arakeri,
and
Hanchinal.It
is
one
of
the
major
decisions
taken
by
the
government
which
has
literally
given
a
new
life
to
this
ancient
tank
which
had
severed
as
the
lifeline
to
the
people
of
city
in
the
past,”
said
contractor
and
the
native
of
the
city
Mohammed
Rafiq
Tapal.
“The
tank-filling
project
will
enable
the
people
of
the
city
to
receive
potable
water
from
the
tank
...
it
will
also
help
in
protecting
the
ecology.
We
are
already
seeing
numerous
migratory
birds
coming
to
the
tank
and
building
nests.
People
of
the
city
are
grateful
to
district
in-charge
Minister
M.
B.
Patil
for
including
the
tank
under
the
tank-filling
project,”
he
said.