The flora and fauna of Sankey Tank have been deteriorating rapidly in the last three months due to sewage flooding the tank from surrounding areas. It is estimated that 200 fish have died there and the influx of migrating birds had reduced considerably.

Palani,

Jeyanthai, medical officer, has advised the people to boil water before drinking

OVER 50 persons at a village near Palani began vomiting and suffered from diarrhoea after drinking water mixed with sewage.
Vilvanatham village is situated in the constituency of Government Whip Chakrapani. The president of the village panchayat is Bhuvaneswari Subramanian.

DH News Service, Bangalore:

In a tell-tale reminder of the extent of pollution in water bodies in the City, at least 25,000 fish died due to contamination in Siddapura lake.

The fish had died three days ago, but they surfaced only on Wednesday.

The residents were in for a rude shock on Wednesday morning as thousands of dead fish were seen floating in the lake.

DH News Service, Bangalore:

Residents of Sector A of HAL II stage at Indira Nagar have complained supply of contaminated drinking water for nearly two months.

Seepage of sewerage disposed by two hotels in the area into supply lines is said to be contaminating the potable water.

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DH News Service, Chikmagalur:
Due to the drainage works that was taken up at Ward no 5, Shankarpura, the drainage pipeline carrying sewage from the homes was damaged and as a result the sewage water mixed with the drinking water polluting it.

The same contaminated drinking water is being supplied across the city,Town Municipal Council Member Devi Prasad explained the problem to Council Engineer Vinod and Contractor Raju.

The local residents informed that the workers had performed their work irresponsibly and hence the damage has occurred.

ANKUSH SINGH

Work in progress at a park opposite Vikas Bhavan in Adityapur; PCC road developed by Adityapur Industrial Area Development Authority. Picture by Bhola Prasad

Jamshedpur, Sept. 7: The Adityapur Industrial Area Development Authority (Aiada) would be constructing 10 parks in the New Housing colony at Adityapur.

Apart from the parks, the authority has also shown interest in developing roads and drainage system in the residential areas falling under the jurisdiction of Jharkhand State Housing Board.

Untreated sewage water for irrigation affects soil untreated sewage water-fed farming is considered cost-effective. But this solution comes at a cost. Such sewage water contains heavy metals that harm the soil fertility. A study showed that the heavy metals affect soil in two ways. One, they hinder the activities of micro-organisms that help recycle nutrients and aid in plant