TS Govt Asks TSPCB To Check Water Quality In 118 Water Bodies: A letter to the Telangana State Pollution Control Board (TSPCB) has been written by the Telangana fisheries department, to check the water quality in 118 water bodies in certain districts for the state for possible contamination.
A senior official from the Fisheries department, who did not want to be quoted said, industrial pollution, dumping of garbage and sewage water, are the main reasons for the water bodies, primarily irrigation tanks, to have been likely contaminated.
“They have already responded to us, asking on what parameters they should test the water bodies,” he told a leading news channel.
After the TSPCB penalized 18 industrial units in Sanga Reddy district, about 50km from Hyderabad, for letting contaminated water into the Gandigundem lake, the development comes a few weeks later.
Thousands of fish—120 tonnes, perished in the contaminated water.
It directed the fine amount to be paid to the members of the Fishermen Cooperative Society there, for Gandigundem lake.
A fine of Rs40,000 to be paid by another 11 industrial units as compensation to fishermen at Ayyamma lake was also ordered by it.
The Katla, Rohu, Brigala and common carp are the most common, among the fish that are bred in the state, added the official.
“Based on the committee’s findings on the analysis we get on the water quality, action will be taken,” he stated.
Closure notices on 14 industrial units in the Khazipally industrial area near Hyderabad for violating rules, have been served by the body, according to a press release dated 20 October from the TSPCB.