High Court Seeks Report on Measures Taken to Protect Kapra Lake

Hyderabad: In a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by Lakeview Residents Association the Hyderabad High Court on Wednesday given a week’s time to Telangana Pollution Control Board, GHMC commissioner and the water board to explain measures taken by them to protect Kapra lake in Sainikpuri.

The bench comprising acting Chief Justice Ramesh Ranganathan and Justice U Durga Prasad Rao heard N Vijay , the counsel for the petitioners who put forth that the discharge of harmful effluents into the lake is not only disturbing the flora and fauna but also causing environmental hazards to the public.

N Vijay , the counsel for the petitioners

No steps are being initiated to check uncontrolled sewage disposal into it.This has resulted in the lake becoming a breeding ground for mosquitoes, insects and reptiles. Apart from this, the noxious smell emanating from the lake is making the life of citizens around the lake unbearable

The counsel further said that the water of the Kapra lake has been tested in private laboratory on March 1 and the results were alarming.

He said 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 were way over the permissible limits.

“No steps are being initiated to check uncontrolled sewage disposal into it.This has resulted in the lake becoming a breeding ground for mosquitoes, insects and reptiles. Apart from this, the noxious smell emanating from the lake is making the life of citizens around the lake unbearable,” said Vijay.

For further hearing the bench has posted the matter to August 14.