Two days after a massive fish kill in Ulsoor Lake, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) on Wednesday began cleaning up the lake. “We have begun taking out the dead fish, and we should be done in four or five days,” said B.E. Satish, chief engineer (lakes), BBMP.
Some of the likely causes of the fish kill include inflow of untreated sewage and garbage dumped into storm water drains being washed into the lake during rain.
Another factor is that the Fisheries Department issues tenders for fish breeding. “There are very irregular varieties of fish for ornamental purposes that are being bred here,” said Kavitha Reddy of the Agara Lake Protection and Management Committee. “The conditions are not suitable, at least in summer, for such fish.”
