May 11, 2016 | Rising Kashmir News

Dal residents demand treatment of sewage, cleaning water channels



The residents of the Dal Lake have complained that the water channels have got blocked due to the apathy shown by the Lakes and Waterways Development Authority (LAWDA).



A delegation of the Dal Lake residents from Chowdhary Bagh, Sheikh Mohlla, Kand Mohalla have complained water bodies in the interiors of the Dal Lake shrunken as LAWDA has failed to keep the Dal Lake clean.

They said LAWDA is just spending money to remove weeds around boulevard which is visible to public while as the interiors of the Lake hidden from public eye has been ignored.

“The water channels where we used to swim 10 years before are now marshy lands. We can’t even see at these channels where all filth has got accumulated. It is high time LAWDA did dredging and removed all the filth and garbage,” said the residents.

They said the corruption in the LAWDA has destroyed the lake.

“The Sewage Treatment Plans were constructed only for minting money. All the sewage of the households from Dalgate to Dargah and Nishat empties into the Lake. Thousands of the families live in this belt and their sewage goes into Dal. How is it possible for LAWDA to keep Dal clean until all these households are connected to sewerage and STPs,” said the residents.

They appealed Chief Minister to intervene and help restore the lake by taking prompt action for the rehabilitation and making sewerages operational.