Overview
- HYDRAA, which began ground works on Friday (November 13, 2026), has cleared most of about 150 acres of identified encroachments around the roughly 500‑acre Fox Sagar Lake and fenced recovered park and utility land.
- The agency plans to remove nearly five metres of silt to boost storage from about 1,000 million litres to roughly 4,000 million litres, turning the waterbody into a mini reservoir and a mini Tank Bund.
- HYDRAA will install a sewage treatment plant to stop raw sewage and industrial effluent from entering the lake and will strengthen the lake bund, inlets and outlets to improve flood management.
- The National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) will test lake water and nearby groundwater before and after works to measure pollution removal and water‑quality changes.
- HYDRAA says houses that existed before its July 19, 2024 formation will not be demolished and owners who lose approved plots will be eligible for transferable development rights as the agency aims to complete storage works before the next monsoon and finish full development within a year.