A pond that receded to oblivion
The HinduIf the government records are any indication, the low land behind the cluster of commercial buildings in front of the Government Medical College Hospital here hides a pond that once used to be a perennial source of freshwater, spread over nearly half-an-acre. Investigators said they found that at least five hotels in the locality illegally piped raw sewage and waste water directly to the pond. Investigators said they ‘were shocked’ to find that at least one hotel management had sunk a well near the sewage-laden pond and pumped the water back to their establishment for use. The officials there chemically examined them and reported that the water was ‘unfit for human consumption.’ Investigators said hundreds of customers, including doctors, patients, and helpers, who frequented the establishment, had over the past few years unsuspectingly consumed the harmful cocktail of bacteria, coliform, and heavy metals. Encroachments The VACB also found that at least six local residents had encroached upon the pond and appropriated 16 cents for private use.
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