HYDERABAD: Hyderabadis know that Hussainsagar is one of the maximum polluted lakes in India. But what many aren't aware of is that Rs 1,034 crore has been spent on ‘cleansing’ the lake within the final 15 years.
However, neither the quality of water has stepped forward, nor has the influx of waste been arrested. The 462-year-old lake — which is three many years older than Hyderabad town — continues to provide a pathetic symbol with its ecosystem shedding the facility of self-purification. The lake is frequently bombarded via destructive elements, starting from human reproductive hormones to extremely potent antibiotics and heavy metals to poisonous salts. Thousands of tonnes of municipal and commercial slug and plaster of Paris is added to the lake’s mattress annually, whilst about 100 million litres of waste are emptied into it day-to-day.
Official information show that quite a lot of businesses involved within the so-called conservation have spent over Rs 1,000 crore since 2002. Some of the cash is borrowed from exterior businesses.
The latest within the series of expenditure is Rs 280 crore in 2016, spent via Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority on “recovery and control” of Hussainsagar. The cash used to be from the finances extended via Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).
Work on the “recovery” of Hussainsagar started in 1998 with the then municipal corporation of Hyderabad spending Rs 40 crore. It used to be adopted via a “Green Hyderabad Environment Programme” undertaken via then Hyderabad Urban Development Authority in 2002. Later, came the “Musi River Action Plan” in 2004, below which National River Conservation Directorate spent Rs 344 crore. In 2006, HMDA took up a undertaking to give a boost to Hussainsagar and its catchment areas at a price of Rs 370 crore.
Result: The water high quality has been deteriorating via the yr, killing the lake’s personal ecosystem and making the groundwater within the vicinity extremely toxic for human or animal use.
The latest analysis study on Hussainsagar via a team from Malla Reddy Institute of Technology, Hyderabad, which used to be printed within the International Journal of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resources, warns that the lake will end up as a huge sewage tank within the heart of Hyderabad if no urgent measures have been taken.
“Hussainsagar has suffered for many years from sewage flowing from four nalas being dumped into it. The worry has been that sooner or later the lake will end up as a large sewage effluent tank within the heart of Hyderabad if appropriate measures aren't taken,” stated researchers PM Rafi and Jyothi Kusuma
However, neither the quality of water has stepped forward, nor has the influx of waste been arrested. The 462-year-old lake — which is three many years older than Hyderabad town — continues to provide a pathetic symbol with its ecosystem shedding the facility of self-purification. The lake is frequently bombarded via destructive elements, starting from human reproductive hormones to extremely potent antibiotics and heavy metals to poisonous salts. Thousands of tonnes of municipal and commercial slug and plaster of Paris is added to the lake’s mattress annually, whilst about 100 million litres of waste are emptied into it day-to-day.
Official information show that quite a lot of businesses involved within the so-called conservation have spent over Rs 1,000 crore since 2002. Some of the cash is borrowed from exterior businesses.
The latest within the series of expenditure is Rs 280 crore in 2016, spent via Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority on “recovery and control” of Hussainsagar. The cash used to be from the finances extended via Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).
Work on the “recovery” of Hussainsagar started in 1998 with the then municipal corporation of Hyderabad spending Rs 40 crore. It used to be adopted via a “Green Hyderabad Environment Programme” undertaken via then Hyderabad Urban Development Authority in 2002. Later, came the “Musi River Action Plan” in 2004, below which National River Conservation Directorate spent Rs 344 crore. In 2006, HMDA took up a undertaking to give a boost to Hussainsagar and its catchment areas at a price of Rs 370 crore.
Result: The water high quality has been deteriorating via the yr, killing the lake’s personal ecosystem and making the groundwater within the vicinity extremely toxic for human or animal use.
The latest analysis study on Hussainsagar via a team from Malla Reddy Institute of Technology, Hyderabad, which used to be printed within the International Journal of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resources, warns that the lake will end up as a huge sewage tank within the heart of Hyderabad if no urgent measures have been taken.
“Hussainsagar has suffered for many years from sewage flowing from four nalas being dumped into it. The worry has been that sooner or later the lake will end up as a large sewage effluent tank within the heart of Hyderabad if appropriate measures aren't taken,” stated researchers PM Rafi and Jyothi Kusuma
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