Lake Encroachment - Burgulkunta - Gachibowli - Hyderabad

We Indians are good at forming committes to look into a variety of aspects and so there is one commitee called LPC ( Lake protection committe) formed by Hyderabad Metro authority to protect and take action on Lake encroachments. They have web presence at http://www.hmda.gov.in/lakephotos4.html. They talk about some 10 lakes while there are 100s in and around the city.

As usual they keep kidding citizens about the actions they are taking on Lake encroachments. I have posted a video about Burgulkunta Lake in the heart of Gachibowli economic zone. It is a straight case of criminal negligence by the authorities while the Lake is dying. Fishermen used to fish in the lake and sell their wares in the weekend market. All fish died beacuse of sewage being dumped into the lake by a hotel and apartment complexes.

The video of the sad state of the lake is posted at this address - http://youtu.be/irUNnbRm8LY.

Land sharks eating up lakes in Hyderabad - A video about Bachukunta lake, Chandanagar, Hyderabad

Natural resources are plundered with impunity across the country on a daily basis. Lakes in cities are an object of fascination for the real estate and construction companies, they build so called“Lake view villas and apartments”.

Hyderabad city is dotted with many lakes which used to be the source of drinking water and acted as reservoirs. With rapid urbanization most have these lakes have been encroached upon. Most of them have vanished and whatever are left are being destroyed with housing complexes coming around them.

It is the filthy collaboration between municipal authorities, builders and politicians that is destroying whatever natural remains in our cities.

The enclosed video is about the sad story about the death of “ Bachukunta lake” in Chandanagar, Hyderabad.


http://youtu.be/QgckmW5qoHg