Residents want encroachments on Sembakkam lake boundary to be cleared
1 year, 4 months ago

Residents want encroachments on Sembakkam lake boundary to be cleared

The Hindu  

Sembakkam lake, one of the sources of groundwater in southern suburbs, continues to face challenges despite ongoing improvement efforts. Residents of Chitlapakkam said that encroachments must be cleared on Sri Sarvamangala Nagar Second Main Road to form the bund on the lake’s western side. Measures must be taken to build a parapet around the well and make use of another open well near the lake as a drinking water source. M. Ravi, secretary, Sri Sarvamangala Nagar Residents Welfare Association, said: “We have submitted petitions to various authorities concerned to stop dumping of garbage inside the lake’s boundary. The micro compost yard of Tambaram Corporation in the lake area must be shifted.” Residents want the flood water from Pachamalai hills near Tambaram to be linked to Chitlapakkam and Sembakkam lakes.

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Encroachments on 13 lakes cleared; govt. property worth ₹242.5 crore recovered
3 weeks, 2 days ago

Encroachments on 13 lakes cleared; govt. property worth ₹242.5 crore recovered

The Hindu  

In a major anti-encroachment drive, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike cleared encroachments on 13 lakes and recovered government property worth ₹242.5 crore on Saturday. At Vibhutipura lake, encroachments on 8 guntas of land was removed and the value of the recovered property stood at ₹8 crore. In Bommanahalli Zone at Konanakunte lake, 30 guntas of land were reclaimed and fenced, …

Bengaluru: Lokayukta inspects lakes, orders removal of encroachments
4 months ago

Bengaluru: Lokayukta inspects lakes, orders removal of encroachments

New Indian Express  

BENGALURU: Following a slew of complaints on poor lake management in the Mahadevpura Zone, Lokayukta Justice BS Patil directed that the lacunae surrounding the Vibhutipura Lake Development Project be fixed, and set a month’s deadline for officials to clear encroachments and establish the boundary of the water body. A team including Upalokayukta Justices KN Phanindra and B Veerappa went on …

NGT orders Tambaram Corporation to clean Veeraraghavan lake within six months
1 year, 3 months ago

NGT orders Tambaram Corporation to clean Veeraraghavan lake within six months

The Hindu  

The Southern Bench of the National Green Tribunal has directed the Tambaram Corporation and the Water Resources Department to remove water hyacinth from the sewage-filled Veeraraghavan Lake in Thiruneermalai within six months. Even though the Tambaram Corporation had provided the residences with an underground sewage system for collection of sewage and sullage, the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board, during an …

Residents’ struggle to rid Sembakkam Lake of encroachments continues
2 years, 1 month ago

Residents’ struggle to rid Sembakkam Lake of encroachments continues

The Hindu  

The residents of Sarvamangala Nagar in Sembakkam have been demanding removal of encroachments from the local lake. The Sembakkam lake, located between Hasthinapuram and Sembakkam, was once spread over several acres but has gradually shrunk because of encroachments, construction of a burial ground, a private school and a temple. Social activist Ravi said the residents’ welfare association has been repeatedly …

Govt. policy is to ensure peaceful eviction: AAG
2 years, 10 months ago

Govt. policy is to ensure peaceful eviction: AAG

The Hindu  

The State government on Thursday told the Madras High Court that it’s policy is to ensure peaceful and not forceful eviction of long-time encroachers of waterbodies and other government poromboke land. Appearing before the first Division Bench of Acting Chief Justice Munishwar Nath Bhandari and Justice D. Bharatha Chakravarthy, Additional Advocate General J. Ravindran said the government was not in …

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