Hyderabad’s thirteen lakes must be immediately protected, according to Telangana HC
On Tuesday, the Telangana High Court granted orders to prevent the disappearance of thirteen lakes located in the districts of Hyderabad and Rangareddy.
Anil C. Dayakar, representing Gamana, an NGO, filed a case stressing the worrisome deterioration of these water bodies owing to pollution and encroachments, which was being heard by a bench made up of Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice Anil Kumar Jukanti.
A commission led by attorneys G Praveen Kumar and T Srikanth Reddy was previously assigned by the court to investigate the lakes and provide a report outlining the level of pollution, unpermitted building, and encroachments.
After reading the report submitted on March 16, Justice Aradhe voiced his serious concerns about the lakes’ declining state. He said that since individuals were utilizing tainted lake water for vegetable farming, the pollution not only threatened the environment but also human health.
Judge Aradhe expressed his special displeasure at the fact that people in the Uppal area living close to Nalla Cheruvu were cultivating crops using tainted water. The court ordered Additional Advocate General Imran Khan to give the order to the authorities to stop these kinds of activities right now.
Justice Aradhe also bemoaned the loss of native habitats for many kinds of plants and animals as a result of the lakes’ high pollution levels. According to him, throwing waste and junk into water bodies hastens the loss of natural environments.
Durgam Cheruvu, Sunnam Cheruvu, Pedda Cheruvu Peerzadiguda, China Dhamara Cheruvu Dundigal, China Rayuni Cheruvu, Ganga Ram Pedda Cheruvu, Medikunta Cheruvu near Sri Ranganatha temple Nanakramguda, Nalla Cheruvu Uppal, Hashmatpet Cheruvu, Bairamalguda Cheruvu LB Nagar, Peerzadiguda Cheruvu Uppal Panchayat, Nallagandla Cheruvu Serilingampally, Ambir Cheruvu Dundigal mandal, and Golidodda Cheruvu in Serilingampally municipality are among the lakes mentioned in the petition.
The committee’s study listed a number of problems that these lakes are facing, such as an input of raw sewage, encroachments on the whole tank level area, inadequate monitoring due to the lack of CCTV cameras, and a lack of fencing.
In response, the bench ordered the state government to initiate corrective measures right now in order to stop more pollution and lake degradation.
