New Delhi, April 27 -- In an unexpected turn of events, a double-door refrigerator was pulled from the depths of Madiwala Lake during a de-weeding operation last Friday in Bengaluru. The Jaldost team, working under the National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL), made this surprising discovery while clearing the lake of overgrown water weeds.

The refrigerator wasn't the only item retrieved from the murky waters. A range of debris, including plastic bags, milk packets, mugs, books, pens, and even steel vessels, was also recovered, prompting locals to refer to the lake as a "miniature junkyard."

While the Jaldost de-weeding machine is highly effective at clearing both water weeds and debris, officials from NAL, as well as local residents, stres...