Salem: Villagers seek removal of floating dead fish

The lake, spread over in an area of 350 acres, is located near Neikarapatty in Kondalampatty in Salem district.

Update: 2017-05-18 00:53 GMT
Explaining the complexity of the problem, Dr Asif Qureshi, an IIT-H associate professor, who led the research from India, said, There are three factors that affect mercury accumulation in fish overfishing, which leads to dietary changes among marine animals, variations in the temperature of sea water, which leads to changes in fish metabolism that gears towards survival rather than growth, and changes in the amounts of mercury found in sea water as a result of pollution.

Salem: Thousands of fishes were seen floating dead in a lake near Salem due to the scorching summer heat.

The lake, spread over in an area of 350 acres, is located near Neikarapatty in Kondalampatty in Salem district.

Besides the soaring heat, the villagers believe that industries located at Kondalampatty also let effluents into the lake causing fishes to die.  
People in areas such as Chinneri, Poolampatty, Keeranur and Periyur depend on this lake for farming activities.

The villagers also earn their livelihood by netting fish from the lake. The villagers alleged that despite making complaints several times, the local panchayat officials have failed to take any action.

Over the last two days, large quantity of fish has begun to float dead in thousands in the water body. The villagers sought the officials to remove the floating dead fishes as it emanates a bad smell in the locality.

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