Hussainsagar Lake
A division bench of Hyderabad High Court has directed Ganesh Utsav Samitis, amicus curiae D. Prakash Reddy and G. Vidyasagar and other stakeholders to attend a meeting to be held by the Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board (APPCB). The meeting is scheduled on September 18. The samitis and stakeholders are asked to submit a report to [...] Continue Reading »
The Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) has been emphasizing on the cleaning up of Hussainsagar Lake. Having taken up the initiative to clean up the polluted Hussainsagar Lake, the 400-year-old water body in the heart of the city, the HMDA has been working at diverting the sewage inflows. The lake faces pollution threats from industrial [...] Continue Reading »
The hazardous waste being dumped in Hussainsagar Lake has been a contentious issue for the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA). In order to dredge the hazardous material out of the lake, the authority has decided to use the services of Environmental Protection Training and Research Institute (EPTRI). The lake cleaning project has been taken up [...] Continue Reading »
