Before restoration: the buried pond bed (22 April 2026)
An excavator begins digging (22 April 2026)
Cleared ground, with excavated soil heaped along the edge (22 June 2026)
What came out of the pond bed: soil mixed with buried plastic and rubble (22 June 2026)
Backhoe loader working behind the heaps (22 June 2026)
Backhoe loader on the levelled ground (22 June 2026)
Level survey on site (23 June 2026)
The edge of the site, facing The Vivekananda School (25 June 2026)
Tipper truck and backhoe loader on site (25 June 2026)
Excavated soil heaped beside the loader (25 June 2026)
The excavated pond bed (June 2026)
The excavation seen from further back (June 2026)
The excavated pond basin (10 October 2026)
The pond bed and its cut banks (10 October 2026)
Looking into the basin through a cut in the bank (10 October 2026)