No threat from new lake near Rishiganga: Geologists SECTIONS Share Synopsis A team of scientists from DRDO and Dehradun-based Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology will be submitting their preliminary report regarding their findings on the lake. (This story originally appeared in on Feb 14, 2021)DEHRADUN: Two days after it was reported that a 350-metre-long lake had formed near Rishiganga, where flash floods had occurred last Sunday, a two-member team of geologists from the Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University that trekked to the lake’s site said the lake has gradually started draining. Naresh Rana, one of the geologists who had made a video pointing out the formation of the new lake, told TOI, “The good part is that with the lake gradually draining out, the chances of another flash flood are getting reduced.” A 17-member team comprising personnel of the disaster response force also set up camp at the site of the lake formation on Saturday.