600 Yelahanka residents clean lake
BANGALORE:
Over 600 residents of Yelahanka joined hands on Sunday to clean up
Allalasandra Lake. The initiative, Shramadaan, sought to clear the water
body of weed and charge groundwater resources in the area.
"More than 40% of the lake is filled with hyacinth, which affects the water level. The weed also hampers navigation and aquatic life, and spreads diseases largely due to breeding of mosquitoes," said Jagadeesh Giri, joint secretary of Yuva - Yelahanka United Environment Association.
Members of this association, mostly residents of the area, cleaned the periphery of the lake and planted saplings next to the walking track adjacent to it.
"Bangalore lakes are an important water source; they need to be preserved. Borewell water is getting contaminated. In such a situation, residents have to contribute to the wellbeing of lakes - it is our social responsibility," said BM Narayan, a resident of Yelahanka who took part in the drive.
Two procedures were discussed to free the lake from hyacinth. One is a mechanical method of removing weed; the second is biological in which bio-agent insects are encouraged to breed, multiply and destroy weeds. This second process takes anywhere between 15 and 20 months but is considered useful to tackle hyacinth.
The group will urge BBMP to adopt one of the two methods.
"More than 40% of the lake is filled with hyacinth, which affects the water level. The weed also hampers navigation and aquatic life, and spreads diseases largely due to breeding of mosquitoes," said Jagadeesh Giri, joint secretary of Yuva - Yelahanka United Environment Association.
Members of this association, mostly residents of the area, cleaned the periphery of the lake and planted saplings next to the walking track adjacent to it.
"Bangalore lakes are an important water source; they need to be preserved. Borewell water is getting contaminated. In such a situation, residents have to contribute to the wellbeing of lakes - it is our social responsibility," said BM Narayan, a resident of Yelahanka who took part in the drive.
Two procedures were discussed to free the lake from hyacinth. One is a mechanical method of removing weed; the second is biological in which bio-agent insects are encouraged to breed, multiply and destroy weeds. This second process takes anywhere between 15 and 20 months but is considered useful to tackle hyacinth.
The group will urge BBMP to adopt one of the two methods.
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