A dead turtle in the lake on Kalina campus. Pic/Sameer Markande

The Mumbai University made an artificial lake on its Kalina campus with much zeal, but that's where the enthusiasm seemed to end — the waterbody is drying and the marine life within dying. The decade-old lake has been bearing the brunt of summer with the fish, turtles and other animals inside floating up dead. Irked by the administration's indifference, students have now written to the varsity, asking for permission to bring water tankers to fill the lake.