Methods adopted and approaches followed the growing concerns of water pollution at Dal Lake left unaddressed and unresolved so for.
Though three sewage treatment plants one each at Hazratbal, Brari Nambal and Ishber Nishat have been set up long back but unfortunately a systematic approach is not being followed for treating human excreta and wastewater in the world famous Dal Lake. As the quality of chemicals is compromised and a systematic approach is not followed for treating the wastewater at Dal Lake, the sludge remains in the Lake and consequently the intensity of the water pollution rises unprecedentedly day after day, month after month and year after. It is because of the compromises in the quality of chemicals used during the process and as well as the systematic approach to be followed that water in Dal Lake turns black at the peripheries nearer the houseboats. As the plastic and pharmaceutical waste thrown blindly in the transparent waters of the Dal besides the presence of other contaminants unprecedentedly increases the vulnerability of the lake to water pollution, the working of the sewage treatment plants maintained and developed by J&K Lake Conservation & Management Authority (J&K LCMA) if not improved by introducing quality chemicals and following a systematic approach would deepen the crisis of water pollution in the Dal Lake. Had J&K Lake Conservation & Management Authority (J&K LCMA) followed a systemic approach and introduced quality chemicals in the process followed for treating the sludge and waste water, the colour of the water won’t have changed black at the peripheries nearer the houseboats in the interiors of the Dal Lake. Once a systemic approach is followed and the quality of chemicals is maintained in the working of the sewage treatments plants in Dal Lake the polluted stretches will decrease at the Dal Lake.
“As methods adopted and the chemicals used so far have only increased the threats of water pollution in Dal Lake, the change in the methods and introduction of quality chemicals in the process at Dal Lake besides launch of sewage treatment plants at other top water bodies likes Wular Lake and river Jehlum deserves the immediate attention of the Government. However before establishing sewage treatment plants at other water bodies like river Jehlum and Wular Lake , the bigger challenge for the Government is the working of three sewage plants maintained and Developed by J&K Lake Conservation & Management Authority (J&K LCMA) one each at Hazratbal, Brari Nambal and Ishber Nishat”.
While the crisis of water pollution is not deepening only in Dal Lake but also in other water bodies including River Jehlum and Wular Lake, no sewage treatment plants have been set up for treating the wastewater in River Jehlum, Wular Lake and other famous water bodies in Kashmir Valley. As methods adopted and the chemicals used so far have only increased the threats of water pollution in Dal Lake, the change in the methods and introduction of quality chemicals in the process at Dal Lake besides launch of sewage treatment plants at other top water bodies likes Wular Lake and river Jehlum deserves the immediate attention of the Government. However before establishing sewage treatment plants at other water bodies like river Jehlum and Wular Lake , the bigger challenge for the Government is the working of three sewage plants maintained and Developed by J&K Lake Conservation & Management Authority (J&K LCMA) one each at Hazratbal, Brari Nambal and Ishber Nishat.
