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 TH24SOUTHVARTHURLAKEThe National Green Tribunal (NGT)has upped its pressure on rejuvenation ,so the Bellandur lake in Bangalore may get a fresh lease of life but mounds of debris and mud are seeming testimony to the tightening noose around the nearby Varthur lake.  A count of numerous trucks that made way through the dusty tracks to the lake was made by the residents of Thubarahalli.   At least 10 unique trucks were spotted, and during each of their multiple trips, a mound of mud was unloaded on the periphery of the severely polluted lake.  A rough estimate of atleast 100 such mounds were dumped.  Two earthmovers were levelling  the piled mud on Sunday morning.  The level was visibly 15 feet higher than the wild growth of grass and water hyacinth that mark the wetlands of Varthur lake.  The field of green is now at a dusty stage.  Workers at the site said the mud was got from excavations at Marathahalli and Kundalahalli and that their mandate was to level it as much as they could.  The place has picked up in the past few days though the encroachment has been happening for 10 days.  “We are viewing this seriously, and have instructed both the Bangalore Development authority and the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike to take action.  We will be visiting the lake in the coming days. Private lands around lakes are being used as dump yards, and this is a clear violation of even the 30-m buffer set in the BDA’s RMP (Revised Master Plan),” said G. Vidyasagar, chief executive officer, KLCDA.

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