DC directs officials to clear lake encroachments
Mangaluru, Dec 01, 2021: Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner Dr. Rajendra K V has directed the officials to immediately clear the encroachments of lakes in the district.
He gave this direction during a meeting held at his office on the conservation, development, and maintenance of lakes on Wednesday.
“As per the records, there are 644 lakes in the district. If there are more then the RTC should be verified and the encroachments should be cleared. Steps should be taken for its beautification including planting saplings around the lakes,” he said.
The DC set December 31 as the deadline for submission of the plan for this.
The officials were asked to check the water quality in these lakes and submit a report. The DC directed officials to submit a report if drainage water was being let into these lakes.
Mangaluru Tahsildar Gurprasad has submitted a report stating that there are 306 lakes in the Taluk. In addition to these, there are 140 lakes. The survey should be conducted and they should be identified using RTC,” he added.
