Ashtamudi gasps for breath as city waste turns into main concern

By Express News Service
KOLLAM: The Ashtamudi lake has develop into a sufferer of city pollution because the water physique shares a significant portion of the Kollam company. Studies have revealed that organic oxygen demand within the lake was 9mg per litre, which is almost 3 times the usual set by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) for outside bathing. Dissolved oxygen was as little as 1mg per litre — simply one-sixth of the requirements. While the Union Ministry of Environment and Forest had sanctioned funds since 2005 for 3 years, it was spent on unscientific functions together with building of concrete boundary partitions. 

Restaurants, hospitals, and industrial and business institutions discharge stable and liquid waste, together with rest room waste, into sewers which discover their means into the lake, making a stink in sure sections.  “The hospitals near the lake have no storage tanks for sewage. They also lack proper treatment plants. Sewage including biomedical waste flows into the lake either through canals or by disposing it in tankers,” a supply stated.

The District Tourism Promotion Council employs individuals to gather plastic from the lake, moderately  than stop it utilizing a lure. The Kureepuzha dump yard additionally contributes to the air pollution, stated environmentalist V Okay Madhusoodanan. Another main situation is the oil air pollution from the KSRTC bus station and boats with on-board engines. Workshops alongside the banks add to the issue.