Blame game over death of fish in Rewalsar Lake

Tribune News Service

Mandi, April 23

Politics began over death of fishes on such a large scale in Rewalsar Lake.

The Congress held the district administration responsible for the grim situation of the lake by saying that it was because of the apathy of district administration which paid no heed to address the issue in time. Himachal Congress Committee secretary Sanjiv Gularia said that if preventive measures were not taken in time to conserve the lake, the Congress will stage a protest against the district administration.

BJP MP Ramswaroop Sharma targeted the state government saying that due to its apathy, historical religious places and pious lakes in Himachal Pradesh were on the verge of extinction because no steps were being taken to preserve these.

He said a thorough investigation should be conducted in the lapse and action should be taken against the guilty. “The state government should prepare a Detailed Project Report (DPR) for approval of funds for the conservation of this lake and I shall take up the matter in the Centre”, he added. The dying process of fish in the lake was continuing since April 18 and the district administration was struggling to take out the dead fish for safe disposal to avoid any health hazard to the inhabitants.