<p>The BBMP officials on the ground were sceptical about finding any traces of the boy’s body in Hennur Lake as on Thursday. <br />With heavy rainfall on Wednesday, it was impossible to work on the lake area, as excavators were unable to plough through the shifting ground to de-weed. <br />The search came to a standstill for almost the entire morning on Thursday. <br />With one excavator nearly submerged, the remaining three could not be used fully in assisting MEG in de-weeding process. However, army men were still working their way through the dense weeds. <br />A single JCB was ploughing through the weeds towards afternoon. In another distant corner, a new JCB which was to be used for the search was offered a ‘puja’<br /></p>
<p>The BBMP officials on the ground were sceptical about finding any traces of the boy’s body in Hennur Lake as on Thursday. <br />With heavy rainfall on Wednesday, it was impossible to work on the lake area, as excavators were unable to plough through the shifting ground to de-weed. <br />The search came to a standstill for almost the entire morning on Thursday. <br />With one excavator nearly submerged, the remaining three could not be used fully in assisting MEG in de-weeding process. However, army men were still working their way through the dense weeds. <br />A single JCB was ploughing through the weeds towards afternoon. In another distant corner, a new JCB which was to be used for the search was offered a ‘puja’<br /></p>