The residents cleaned up the locality and fixed alternative pipes so that the sewage does not enter the lake (Representative image). | Photo Credit: Getty Images

Bengaluru: Locals of Mylasandra and Rajarajeshwarinagar were congratulated for coming together to fight against the illegal dumping of solid and sewage waste into Mylasandra Lake. They successfully cleaned up the locality and fixed the sewage line that brought waste into the lake.

While praising the unity of the residents to clean the lake and fix the sewage line, forest officials assured that they would look into the matter with more seriousness, according to a report in The Times of India. The water body was under the Karnataka forest department since 2012. However, locals claimed that the state forest department was not maintaining the lake.

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The lake, which was a blissful sight with lush greenery and ducks some years ago, used to be visited by people regularly. However, it has now turned into a sewage-filled lake. A sewage line from a private hostel in the area used to carry sanitary and plastic waste to the lake. The one kilometre long sewage pipeline was polluting the water body by transferring all the sewage into it.

The residents cleaned up the locality and fixed alternative pipes so that the sewage does not enter the lake. AN Ramchandra, a retired government official told TOI that they even placed rocks and cemented them such that the water would not flow into the lake.

About 100 people including college students, members of resident welfare associations and Rajarajeshwari-I Care recently met the assistant conservator of forests, Harshvardhan, and other officials to draw their attention towards the poor management of the lake.

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