Cooperators connected with the Lakes’ Fishermen Cooperative Society in Hyderabad have expressed deep concern over perishing of five varieties of fish. About 4 lakh fish have been found dead over three days at the 600-acre Lakshminarayana Cheruvu in Edulabad outside the Outer Ring Road, reports Deccan Chronicle.
The mammoth fish kill was said to have been caused by toxic leachate from the Jawaharnagar dump yard, which is about 20 km upstream from the Lakshminarayana Cheruvu.
There are five lakes between the dump yard and Lakshminarayana Cheruvu, and complaints had been lodged regarding leachate pollution.
The loss has been put at Rs 40 lakh; lakhs of fish seeds were recently released into the lake — a traditional fishing site.