Chandigarh, Jan. 25 -- Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant's recent remarks on the drying Sukhna Lake has once again raised concerns over the condition of man-made wonder.

CJI Kant, during the hearing of interim applications in the long-pending 1995 public interest litigation titled 'In Re: TN Godavarman Thirumulpad', had remarked, "Aur kitna sukhaoge Sukhna Lake ko? (How much more will you allow Sukhna Lake to dry up?)" while attributing the situation to the "connivance between bureaucrats, politicians and the builder mafia".

So is the Sukhna under threat? Will the city lose one of its biggest tourist draws? Probably, if the lake is not cared for.

A bathymetric survey conducted last year by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)...