Bengaluru: BDA to install CCTVs around Bellandur Lake

Bengaluru: Following directions from the National Green Tribunal (NGT), principal bench, Delhi, the Bengaluru Development Authority (BDA) is gearing up to adhere to the orders and has planned to install CCTV cameras to curb indiscriminate dumping of debris and garbage into the Bellandur lake.

BDA engineer-member P.N. Nayak told Deccan Chronicle that CCTC cameras will be installed around the lake, especially the locations that are more prone to dumping. Different agencies, like the BWSSB, BDA and Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB), brain stormed on the implementation of the NGT directions to get the polluted lake cleaned.

The BDA said that tender documents will be opened on Monday to finalise the lowest bidder to clear the weed and debris from the lake. After shortlisting the lowest bidders, the authority will go through the financial and technical bids to evaluate their technical abilities in cleaning up the lake within the deadline fixed by the NGT, sources said.

The BWSSB is drawing up a plan to divert the sewage running from the storm water drains into the lake and is expediting the work on Sewerage Treatment Plant (STP).

The KSPCB has formed a committee to identify the polluting industries and asked the state government to form a joint committee as mandated by the NGT to allow non-polluting industries to operate, the sources said.

However, all the three agencies, including the state government, are waiting for the official NGT order to look into the mandates fixed by the tribunal.