lakes prevent flash floods and recharge underground aquifers the report is almost ready and members say the primary recommendation is to consolidate management of lakes and hold a single department accountable for their maintenance urge authorities to take action against those throwing sewage into lakesexpertspeakwe did waterquality analysis and a survey of all lakes court intervenesthe high court has now intervened by constituting a sixmember committee headed by justice n k patil chairman of the legal services authority to chalk out a plan for preservation of city lakes separation of the sewage line from lakes should be the first step in this direction he feels iblur lake is spread across 18 acres six guntas and surrounded by highrise apartments which allegedly let out sewage into the water body at madiwala lake for instance which is under the forest department the four mldcapacity stp hasnt been functioning for a long time experts agree that lakes in the city are polluted mainly because of sewage water we dont realize that lakes are our lifeline their absence will affect our existence added to that 2647 acres of lake area have been encroached upon ditto with most water bodies that are not connected to stps bioremediation application of biological treatment to clean up hazardous contaminants in soil and surface or subsurface water being researched at the iisc also has immense remedial possibilities in 2008 hundreds of fish died at siddapura lake marathalli and more than a lakh perished in jakkur lake last year due to dwindling oxygen levels in the water this due to discharge of sewage water into the lake leading to depletion of oxygen supply according to deputy conservator of forests dcf lake development authority lda uday kumar a masterplan is being prepared with action points for each agency dealing with lakes wetland vegetation aquatic and bird life are also dependent on themuday kumar deputy conservator of forest lake development authority bangalore ever tried drinking water from bangalores lakes of the 625 around 100 dont have water at all better avoid even as authorities are supposed to treat water before discharging it into lakes most sewage water treatment plants stps in the city do not work or have outdated facilities the builders lobby is trying to snatch every inch of water bodies in bangalore and this wasnt the firstofitskind incident result untreated sewage water is being discharged and the lake is infested with water hyacinths the extent of encroachment we found in lake bed areas is shocking only last week there were reports of fish deaths at iblur lake off sarjapur road what residents can do reduce garbage and liquid waste use less detergents and surfactants use less water and recycle as much as possible at secondary sewage treatment plants in apartment complexes utilize waste water for various purposes like gardening vermicompost at home assessment by several organizations shows these water bodies are highly contaminated thanks to heaps of untreated sewage flowing into them every day the immediate solution at sight is