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- Two maps of Lonar city are given. One map is of the year 2005-06 and another is of 2015-16.
- These two maps show the changes in land use that have taken place in the span of 10 years.
- The following changes have been registered.
- There is no change in the size of Lonar lake.
- The area occupied by Lonar city has increased substantially.
- Forest area around the lake has increased.
- An area under waste land/ scrubs have increased.
- Around the temple in the southeast, on the waste scrub land a new rural hospital, government hostel, government ITI, Tahsil office etc., has been developed. This newly developed area has been named as Krishna Nagar, which is not in 2005-06 map.
- To the north-east of the Lonar city two more building have been constructed. One is central public school and another is civil and criminal court.
- To the south of the temple in the heart of Lonar city built up residential area is spreading over built up residential sparse.
- Overall built up residential sparse is increasing in all directions around Lonar lake and south-eat of the Lonar city and thus there is encroachment over agricultural land.
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