Dead Fish Seen Floating In Coimbatore Lake. This Shows How Much We Are Ruining Our Environment
Pictures of dead fish floating were seen floating in Valankulam Lake in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. This is not the first time the lake had set off alarm bells. Last year in July local fishermen has noticed several dead fish in the river. Environmentalists suspect water contamination with highly toxic sewage as one of the primary reasons.
We have been harming our environment for quite sometime now. Be it plastic usage or polluting our precious water bodies, we have been doing it with much finesse. Data suggests that we might run out of water soon given the lack of rains. We hardly have water bodies and the ones we have are already dead or polluted. Pictures of dead fish floating were seen floating in Valankulam Lake in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu.
Tamil Nadu: Dead fish seen floating in Valankulam Lake in Coimbatore. (10.10) pic.twitter.com/3Si1guWiC7
¡ª ANI (@ANI) October 11, 2019
Netizens were quick to point out how we have failed in preserving our environment.
Human has failing to keep sustainable environment
¡ª Shivkant Rao Rokkam (@ShivkantRao) October 11, 2019
We failed engaging ourself to protect nature
All we need is materials comforts
Stop messing with nature, if nature started messing with us then we have to pay the heavy price.
¡ª weirdo (@mayuresh_kawde) October 11, 2019
This is not the first the Valankulam lake had set off alarm bells. Last year in July, local fishermen has noticed several dead fish floating in the river.
Officials there could not ascertain the real cause for the deaths but environmentalists suspect water contamination with highly toxic sewage as one of the primary reasons. One of the environmentalist felt the lake was contaminated by a deadly poisonous substance.
This incident is a stark reminder for authorities to ensure the state's sewage is treated properly so that they don;t enter the water bodies.
Earlier in June, tonnes of fish rotting in dry lakes had also raised quite some eyebrows. It all happened due to lack monsoon rains then but the real cause behind of this was climate change.
The fishkill was left unattended for a week with locals blaming authorities for failing to clear waste from water body.
Following this, locals volunteered to remove the tonnes of dead fish carcasses floated at the Tiruneermalai lake for days. Volunteers took matters into their own hands after government agencies accountable for the lake¡¯s maintenance failed to clear the stinking trash.
