ahmedabad gujarat high court on wednesday gave the green signal to the beautification project for jamnagars famous lakhota lake by dismissing two public interest litigations which took exception to the civic bodys project on the grounds that green laws were ignored a bench headed by acting chief justice v m sahai dismissed the pils and lifted the stay granted in august last year the stay was granted after indian national trust for art and cultural heritage intach and lakhota nature club raised objections to the proposed development project which is on the lines of ahmedabads kankaria lake it was argued that the construction and creation of amusement park around the lack would disturb the tranquility and create an imbalance in the environment the petitions claimed that birds like flamingoes pelicans sea gulls storks throng the lake which has become the part of the citys identity for tourists and bird lovers the proposed project would not only disturb the environment but the plan to put up gates would snatch away the place from locals this is because of the proposal to introduce a fee for visitors while granting the stay a bench of justice akil kureshi and justice j b pardiwala had questioned whether the civic body had carried out an impact assessment for the project the court also asked if the local ecology was damaged how would the civic body compensate for it the hc had even pulled up the civic body for not getting clearance from the union environment ministry however with the lifting of the stay jamnagar municipal corporation is free to go ahead with its beautification project