Mystery illness raises concerns over Kolleru pollution
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The outbreak of a mysterious illness in Eluru and the neighbouring villages in West Godavari district is a wake-up name on the growing pollution ranges within the Kolleru Lake and different water our bodies in Andhra Pradesh and it’s excessive time the State and Central governments took steps to stop air and water pollution to keep away from well being hazards, say environmentalists.
More than 600 folks fell sick because of the undiagnosed illness in the previous couple of days. Experts from the National Institute of Nutrition (NIN), Hyderabad, discovered the presence of herbicides within the vegetable samples collected from the affected areas whereas the scientists of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS-Mangalagiri and New Delhi), who examined the blood samples of some sufferers, confirmed lead and nickel within the samples.
Alarming scenario
“We are worried over the alarming situation in the areas in and around the Kolleru Lake, the largest fresh water lake in the country. The government should respond to the health situation immediately and take measures to protect Kolleru and other water bodies in the State,” say the Kolleru Parirakshana Samithi members.
“The Kolleru Lake, spread over 2,50,250 acres (up to tenth contour, 90,100 hectares), is now facing a threat from pollution due to release of effluents into the rivers and canals flowing into the lake,” says 92-year-old M.V. Suryanarayana Raju, a samithi member.
The waste, together with chemical substances, being launched into the tanks, irrigation canals and streams in and round Vijayawada, Gudivada, Eluru, Mudinepalli, Kaikalur and different areas is posing a well being risk to the folks dwelling within the surrounding areas and the aquatic and animal lifetime of Kolleru, he says.
“There are about 46 island (bed) villages and 76 belt villages in Kolleru with a population of more than 3 lakh. About 200 species of birds brood and breed in the lake and the Atapaka Bird Sanctuary in it,” explains Mr. Raju.
Unscientific strategies
A professor in S.R.K.R. Engineering College, Bhimavaram, P.A. Ramakrishna Raju, who did mapping of the Kolleru Lake and its surrounding villages and ready a report on the happenings in Krishna-Delta space, stated the federal government ought to take steps for taking on conventional strategies by following scientific methods to stop pollution from agriculture fields and aqua ponds.
“The government should take up a drive to check water quality in the water bodies of the area as people in many villages here have been suffering from various skin and other ailments,” says a non-public physician preferring anonymity.
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