A major fish kill incident has been reported at the Lingambudhi Lake with hundreds of dead fish floating in the foreshore of the waterbody.
The incident came to light on Tuesday, August 29, and senior forest department officials including Deputy Conservator of Forests Basavaraju reached the spot to apprise themselves of the development.
Officials from the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board and Fisheries Department too reached the spot and the pollution control board staff collected samples of the lake water to subject it to laboratory analysis. Officials said they have taken multiple samples to study various parameters including Dissolved Oxygen level, Bio-chemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) etc. Fish kill is not confined to any specific portion of the waterbody and has affected the entire lake.
