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Pollution of Kapra Lake: GHMC asked to submit report in a week
A two-judge bench of the High Court at Hyderabad comprising acting Chief Justice Ramesh Ranganathan and Justice U Durga Prasad Rao on Wednesday directed Commissioner GHMC and Telangana Pollution Control Board to file report within a week regarding inaction on the part of the officials in not taking any preventive steps for protecting the Kapra Lake at Kapra Circle, Sainikpuri.
Hyderabad: A two-judge bench of the High Court at Hyderabad comprising acting Chief Justice Ramesh Ranganathan and Justice U Durga Prasad Rao on Wednesday directed Commissioner GHMC and Telangana Pollution Control Board to file report within a week regarding inaction on the part of the officials in not taking any preventive steps for protecting the Kapra Lake at Kapra Circle, Sainikpuri.
The bench was dealing with a public interest writ petition filed by the Lakeview Residents Association complaining that the authorities had failed to check rampant discharge of sewage and garbage into the lake causing significant health and environmental hazards to the people residing beside the Kapra Lake.
Appearing for the petitioner association counsel N Vijay informed the bench that the petitioner had water tested through an independent agency for pollutions and found that out of the 17 parameters prescribed by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) for safe discharge of effluents into ground water/water bodies, nine parameters were way outside the permissible limits, deeming the discharge highly unsafe to be released into the lake.
Similar tests were carried out on two other occasions that did not change the test results. He pointed out that the biological oxygen demand, a key parameter essential for the survival of aquatic life, was found to be 75 mg/ litre as against the permissible limit of 30 mg/litre which essentially meant that 75mg/litre of the available oxygen is being used up by the prevalent algae in the lake leaving very little oxygen for the rest of the flora and fauna to survive. It is also pertinent to mention that the nitrate level in the lake was found to be at 110.3 mg /litre as against the permissible limit of 45.0 mg/litre.
This, the counsel complained, resulted in the lake being filled with mildew, algae and trash thrown by some uneducated and ignorant residents residing around the lake. “the resultant algal bloom is choking the lake making it difficult for other flora and fauna to survive in it”, he lamented.
The bench adjourned the matter by a week granting time to the officials to file their response.
