HYDERABAD: For many years, the Gachibowli stadium has been blamed for polluting Peacock Lake in University of Hyderabad (UoH) by letting out wastewater into the university campus without treating it.
However, as per sources, the Sports Authority of Telangana State (SATS) recently constituted an informal inquiry into the allegations and found out that the blame also falls on Hill Ridge residential community, Ellaa Hotel (a five star hotel) and the famed International Institute of Information Technology-Hyderabad (IIIT-H), are letting out sewage into the stadium, which finally ends up in UoH.
The SATS personnel found that sewage from these three areas which are located adjacent to the stadium, flow into the stadium and from the stadium further flow into the university and join the Peacock lake. Wastewater generated by the stadium also joins this sewage flow from the stadium into the university.
SATS, Managing Director, Dinakar Babu, could not be reached for his comment.
The Peacock Lake in UoH plays an important role in providing drinking water to the wild animals including wild boars, spotted deers, peacocks and other small mammals on the campus. However, the lake has been getting polluted from sewage water, that flows into UoH from the Gachibowli stadium, since years.
As per sources, some researchers from UoH also conducted tests to know the quality of water as part of a study, which is yet to be published.
The researchers found multiple drug-resistant bacteria as part of the tests conducted on lake water, which is indication of the contamination of water in the lake.
Although works were initiated for restoration of lakes in UoH by the state government as part of Mission Kakatiya, there has been no concrete action yet towards curbing the problem of sewage from the stadium entering into the lake.
University officials, however, say that the sewage entering the lake from the stadium is not a round the year phenomenon and it happens mostly during rains.