KANPUR: After Kannauj, hundreds of lifeless fish have been found floating in Ganga at Bilhaur's Nanamau ghat, Chaubeypur's Andimata and Pathakpur ghats in Kanpur on Tuesday.
District and Pollution Control Board officers rushed to the website online and picked up water samples for exam. A large number of fish had died in Kannauj's Mehndi ghat on Monday.
Panic gripped residents of Bilhaur, Chaubeypur, Bithoor, Bhairav ghat, Shuklaganj, Gola ghat and Jajmau areas after hundreds of lifeless fish have been found floating in Ganga on Tuesday. Though the precise reason in their death is yet to be ascertained, officers of Regional Pollution Control Board stated that they died because of heavy pollution which has reduced oxygen level in water to two.8 mg.
A team of Wild Life Institute of India (Dehradun) and pollution regulate division visited Kannauj and picked up water samples and lifeless fish for assessments.
A team member stated that it was once essentially found that loss of oxygen level in water had caused death of the fish.
Kuldeep Mishra, Regional officer of PCB, stated that following restoration of lifeless fish at various issues of Ganga in the district, the team has recognized several issues like Bilhaur, Chaubeypur, Bithoor, Bhairav Ghat, Unnao's Shuklaganj, Gola Ghat and Jajmau in the downstream of the river.
"Though, we are assuming that these were the same dead fish that had flown down from the upstream in Kannauj towards the downstream in Unnao and Kanpur. We have collected samples from across all the points where dead fish were found floating and have sent them for tests to ascertain their cause of death," he added.
He further stated that oxygen level at river Garra, a tributary of Ganga in Kannauj, has reduced to two.8 mg which probably proved deadly for the aquatic animals.
He stated the toxic waste would make its impact in downstream however its depth would cut back simultaneously. "Ganga water has a quality to improve itself, and in some samples collected from Kanpur, it came to the fore that dissolved oxygen level was above 5 mg", he added.
District and Pollution Control Board officers rushed to the website online and picked up water samples for exam. A large number of fish had died in Kannauj's Mehndi ghat on Monday.
Panic gripped residents of Bilhaur, Chaubeypur, Bithoor, Bhairav ghat, Shuklaganj, Gola ghat and Jajmau areas after hundreds of lifeless fish have been found floating in Ganga on Tuesday. Though the precise reason in their death is yet to be ascertained, officers of Regional Pollution Control Board stated that they died because of heavy pollution which has reduced oxygen level in water to two.8 mg.
A team of Wild Life Institute of India (Dehradun) and pollution regulate division visited Kannauj and picked up water samples and lifeless fish for assessments.
A team member stated that it was once essentially found that loss of oxygen level in water had caused death of the fish.
Kuldeep Mishra, Regional officer of PCB, stated that following restoration of lifeless fish at various issues of Ganga in the district, the team has recognized several issues like Bilhaur, Chaubeypur, Bithoor, Bhairav Ghat, Unnao's Shuklaganj, Gola Ghat and Jajmau in the downstream of the river.
"Though, we are assuming that these were the same dead fish that had flown down from the upstream in Kannauj towards the downstream in Unnao and Kanpur. We have collected samples from across all the points where dead fish were found floating and have sent them for tests to ascertain their cause of death," he added.
He further stated that oxygen level at river Garra, a tributary of Ganga in Kannauj, has reduced to two.8 mg which probably proved deadly for the aquatic animals.
He stated the toxic waste would make its impact in downstream however its depth would cut back simultaneously. "Ganga water has a quality to improve itself, and in some samples collected from Kanpur, it came to the fore that dissolved oxygen level was above 5 mg", he added.
Dead fish found floating as oxygen levels dip in Ganga
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