Telangana HC asks for action on Lake Protection

The PIL panel of the Telangana High Court comprising Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice J. Anil Kumar on Tuesday required the state government to give an action-taken report on the maintenance of 16 lakes in Hyderabad and Rangareddy districts. The High Court was acting on the report of a two-man committee of G. Praveen Kumar and Srikanth Reddy, advocates of the court, which inspected the 13 lakes and submitted a report qua



allegations of illegal constructions, encroachments, and failure on the part of the civic authorities to act. 

The committee found that lakes were are polluted which not only affected the environment but also posed a severe health hazard arising from the cultivation of vegetables and fish in the contaminated water. The matter was adjourned to April 29.