Municipality – Durgam Cheruvu Lake –Polluting industries nearby
The A.P. Pollution Control Board is
directed not to allow the20 highly polluting industries which have been notified
by the Central Government as falling within the purview of Industrial Licensing,
to come up within the vicinity or catchment area of Durgam Cheruvu lake. The
Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewage Board is directed to provide collection of
sewage and treatment systems for the existing colonies in the vicinity of the
upstream of Durgam Cheruvu lake in order to prevent flow of domestic and other
forms of effluents into the Durgam Cheruvu lake. The Commissioner,
Serilingampalli Municipality is directed not to permit any more residential
colonies in the vicinity or catchment area of Durgam Cheruvu lake to come up and
take immediate and necessary measures to prevent the discharge of sewage from
the nearby colonies into the lake so as to protect the quality of the water in
the lake. [ T.Ramakrishna Rao vs. Hyderabad
Urban Development Authority. 2002 (2) ALT 193. Sinha C.J. & S.R. Nayak J.]