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Thousands of dead fish washed up on the banks of a polluted lake in the technological hub of Bengaluru on Monday.
A stink pervaded the air in a residential district around Ulsoor Lake in central Bengaluru as almost an entire ecosystem was wiped out. Sewage has been flowing into the lake, depleting its oxygen, said V Purushottam, president of a local residents’ group.
Kiran Kumar, an environmentalist, said water samples were being collected for testing.
Purushottam said authorities ignored pleas to repair a barrier that was supposed to keep the sewage from flowing into the lake.
“The lake is a popular fishing and boating site, but it has been choked with water hyacinth with no effort by authorities to clear it,” he said.
Vaman Acharya, the former chairman of the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board, said that this happens every March.
Thousands of fish wash up dead on banks of Bengaluru’s polluted lake | india | Hindustan Times
A stink pervaded the air in a residential district around Ulsoor Lake in central Bengaluru as almost an entire ecosystem was wiped out. Sewage has been flowing into the lake, depleting its oxygen, said V Purushottam, president of a local residents’ group.
Kiran Kumar, an environmentalist, said water samples were being collected for testing.
Purushottam said authorities ignored pleas to repair a barrier that was supposed to keep the sewage from flowing into the lake.
“The lake is a popular fishing and boating site, but it has been choked with water hyacinth with no effort by authorities to clear it,” he said.
Vaman Acharya, the former chairman of the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board, said that this happens every March.
Thousands of fish wash up dead on banks of Bengaluru’s polluted lake | india | Hindustan Times
