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Shrinking lakes set alarm bells ringing
The city's two major water sources may turn into mere ponds if measures are not taken to stop encroachments in their catchment area.
Environmental Protection Training and Research Institute (EPTRI), in its preliminary report to the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWS&SB), has expressed concern over growing real estate activity in the catchment area.
"If the activities are not controlled in the catchment area itself, the situation may turn alarming, leading to shrinking of the reservoirs in the near future. The inflows in these two reservoirs have already come down drastically due to encroachments at several places in Chevella and Vikarabad.
The situation may worsen in the future if more area is encroached upon," the EPTRI report added. EPTRI's final report is expected in a month or two.
The Water Board had asked various scientific institutions to conduct qualitative studies on the two water bodies. The EPTRI has conducted a survey of the water bodies to check encroachments and pollution aspects, while National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI) has been given the job to test soil in the catchment area.
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (Icrisat) has been asked to keep tabs on pesticides used by farmers that could affect potable water, while Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT) would conduct hydrological studies. Meanwhile, taking note of the report, the Water Board wrote a letter to the government suggesting constitution of an exclusive authority—Lake Catchment Area Protection Authority—for protection of Osmansagar and Himayatsagar.
The Water Board wants the revenue department, village local bodies in the catchment area, Hyderabad Urban Development Authority and Pollution Control Board to be made accountable to see that all measures are taken in their purview to protect the water bodies and their catchment area.
Meanwhile, reports of the other scientific bodies are expected to be released in a couple of months, a senior Water Board official told TOI on Monday
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