<p>Hundreds of dead fish were washed ashore today at Ulsoor lake, a popular boating site here, raising concerns about water pollution in the city.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Residents living in and around the lake were in for a shock as they found the fish heaped around, raising unbearable stink in the water body.<br /><br />Several residents, who complained about the stink, said sewage from the drain flowing into the lake due to a breach in a bund had depleted oxygen levels causing the large fish kill and authorities concerned had done nothing despite complaints.<br /><br />"We are not surprised...we have been warning authorities from the last two years..sewage water is getting mixed with the lake water due to a breach in a bund..," a resident said.<br /><br />A tourism spot, Ulsoor lake had been choked with water hyacinth in recent years, with government launching clean-up efforts.<br /><br />The incident comes even as there is a growing concern by environmentalists over polluted lakes, exemplified by the thick froth and flames from the Yamlur lake that caused ripples in the city last year.<br /><br />The cause for the large fish kill was not known.<br /><br />/</p>.<p>/</p>
<p>Hundreds of dead fish were washed ashore today at Ulsoor lake, a popular boating site here, raising concerns about water pollution in the city.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Residents living in and around the lake were in for a shock as they found the fish heaped around, raising unbearable stink in the water body.<br /><br />Several residents, who complained about the stink, said sewage from the drain flowing into the lake due to a breach in a bund had depleted oxygen levels causing the large fish kill and authorities concerned had done nothing despite complaints.<br /><br />"We are not surprised...we have been warning authorities from the last two years..sewage water is getting mixed with the lake water due to a breach in a bund..," a resident said.<br /><br />A tourism spot, Ulsoor lake had been choked with water hyacinth in recent years, with government launching clean-up efforts.<br /><br />The incident comes even as there is a growing concern by environmentalists over polluted lakes, exemplified by the thick froth and flames from the Yamlur lake that caused ripples in the city last year.<br /><br />The cause for the large fish kill was not known.<br /><br />/</p>.<p>/</p>