The iconic Durgam Cheruvu is in the limelight yet again, thanks to the hundreds of fish which showed up dead or dying in its waters, leading to suo motu cognisance by the High Court of Telangana.
The lake nestled amid the most happening neighbourhoods of the city is more fortunate, as it has caught the attention of the judiciary. A few months earlier, dead fish were found floating in large numbers in the Lotus Pond in Jubilee Hills, reasons for which have not been revealed. Sewage being let into the Chiran Kunta of KBR National Park is a perpetual topic for the environmentalists to agitate about.
A large number of other lakes in the city are condemned forever to pollution and sewage, where fish hardly survive, be it the Hussainsagar, Nalla Cheruvu in Uppal, Bandlaguda Cheruvu in Nagole, or Miralam Cheruvu of Bahadurpura.
