DC | M. Roushan Ali | 4 hours 10 min ago
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Hyderabad: A large number of professional colleges producing hundreds of engineering graduates every year are polluting the water in the city’s two main drinking water sources: Osmansagar and Himayatsagar.
These engineering colleges are located upstream of the lakes and the sewerage from these institutions is ultimately flowing into the two reservoirs. There is no underground drainage system in the vicinity of these colleges.
The National Environmental Engineering Research Institute conducted a study and found that the sewage from nearly 60 engineering and technological colleges besides other educational institutions, was polluting the water in the two reservoirs.
Based on the Neeri report and subsequent directions from the state government, the AP Pollution Control Board served notices to the college managements, asking them to set up their own Sewerage Treatment Plants.
The six-month time given to the college managements to install STPs lapsed over a year ago. “A few colleges like Vasavi Engineering have already set up its STPs. The one at Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology is under construction. While there was no response from many colleges, some responded to the notices,” said APPCB scientist (Ranga Reddy -I) Praveen Kumar.
Sources said the Neeri report also pointed out to open violation of G.O. 111 that prohibits construction of buildings in the 10-km radius of the twin reservoirs.
When contacted, Water Board MD J. Syamala Rao confirmed to this correspondent that the issues were brought to the notice of chief secretary P.K. Mohanty, who directed the PCB and Ranga Reddy district revenue officials to immediately take action against college managements and illegal constructions.
States: Andhra Pradesh
Hyderabad: A large number of professional colleges producing hundreds of engineering graduates every year are polluting the water in the city’s two main drinking water sources: Osmansagar and Himayatsagar.
These engineering colleges are located upstream of the lakes and the sewerage from these institutions is ultimately flowing into the two reservoirs. There is no underground drainage system in the vicinity of these colleges.
The National Environmental Engineering Research Institute conducted a study and found that the sewage from nearly 60 engineering and technological colleges besides other educational institutions, was polluting the water in the two reservoirs.
Based on the Neeri report and subsequent directions from the state government, the AP Pollution Control Board served notices to the college managements, asking them to set up their own Sewerage Treatment Plants.
The six-month time given to the college managements to install STPs lapsed over a year ago. “A few colleges like Vasavi Engineering have already set up its STPs. The one at Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology is under construction. While there was no response from many colleges, some responded to the notices,” said APPCB scientist (Ranga Reddy -I) Praveen Kumar.
Sources said the Neeri report also pointed out to open violation of G.O. 111 that prohibits construction of buildings in the 10-km radius of the twin reservoirs.
When contacted, Water Board MD J. Syamala Rao confirmed to this correspondent that the issues were brought to the notice of chief secretary P.K. Mohanty, who directed the PCB and Ranga Reddy district revenue officials to immediately take action against college managements and illegal constructions.
States: Andhra Pradesh
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